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.

Mires Beck

Other OS name in the Parish of Linton

Historical Forms

  • the Myer heade 1567 Dep
  • the Myres 1684 Glebe

Etymology

, the Myer heade 1567Dep , the Myres 1684Glebe , v. mýrr ' swamp ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site