Forest of Lyme

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Forest of Lyme

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Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Celtic *limos (“elm”). However, note the objections of Coates (2003), who argued for a derivation from, via Proto-Brythonic, Latin līmes (“boundary”).

proper noun the Forest of Lyme

A forest and geographical area of Cheshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, England, roughly centred on the modern-day Potteries.

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@misc{forest_of_lyme_2026,
  title = {Forest of Lyme},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/forest%20of%20lyme},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}