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Lightmire Field

Other OS name in the Parish of Great Ouseburn

Historical Forms

  • Lightmyre field 1693 YAS
  • Light Mier feilde 1687 ib

Etymology

, Lightmyre field 1693YAS , Light Mier feilde 1687 ib , cf. also Lightflatt Close 1770EnclA , v. leoht ' light ' , mýrr ' marsh ' , feld .