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Survey of English Place-Names

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Longmire Yeat

Other OS name in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • Langmyre, Longmyre 1560 Kendii,50 1671 ib

Etymology

, named from the local family of Langmyre , Longmyre 1560Kend ii, 50, 1671 ib 57 ( from Longmire i, 196infra ) , v. geat ' gate ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name