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Survey of English Place-Names

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Mere Sike

Other OS name in the Parish of Shap

Historical Forms

  • the Meresyke 1473 CWix,280
  • the Meare Sike 1596,1671 ShpPn

Etymology

, the Meresyke 1473 CW ix, 280, the Meare Sike 1596, 1671 ShpPn152, 158 , ' boundary stream ' , v. (ge)mǣre , sīc .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement