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.

Hawmire Well

Other OS name in the Parish of Sheffield

Historical Forms

  • Hormer house 1660 Norf

Etymology

, Hormer house 1660Norf , probably ' dirty pool or marsh ' , v. horu , mere , mýrr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name