English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

The Mires

Other OS name in the Parish of Burnsall

Etymology

, cf. Myresha 1645 WillY , (the )Mire-shaw 1654, 1701 PRBrn , v. prec. , sceaga ' copse ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name