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Survey of English Place-Names

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Tewit Mire

Other OS name in the Parish of Linton

Historical Forms

  • Tywytemyre, Twytmyre 1200–20 Furn

Etymology

, Tywytemyre , Twytmyre 1200–20 Furn , ' pewit marsh ' , from e.ModE  tuwyte ' pewit, lapwing ' , first recorded c. 1450 NED , a northern variant of pewit , v. mýrr .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site