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.

Mear Rd

Other OS name in the Parish of Kettlewell

Historical Forms

  • Landesmer c.1130 Yorke

Etymology

, cf. Merebec 12 Font ' boundary stream ' ( v. (ge)mǣre , bekkr ) , Landesmer c. 1130Yorke ( v. land-gemǣre ' boundary ' ) .