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Survey of English Place-Names

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Dock Mire

Other OS name in the Parish of Nun Monkton

Historical Forms

  • Dockmyer 1577 Surv
  • Dokmyre 1538 Dugdiv

Etymology

, 1767EnclA , Dockmyer 1577Surv ,Dokmyre 1538 Dugd iv , v. docce ' dock, sorrel ' , mýrr .