English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Mere Dike

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Malzeard

Historical Forms

  • Mere dyke 1840 TA

Etymology

, Mere dyke 1840TA , ' boundary ditch ' , v. (ge)mǣre , dīc ; it is on the Fountains Earth boundary .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site