Gemma Livermore

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Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Gemma	Report	15 Jan 2004 22:21
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Does anyone know the origins of the name livermore or where it comes from??
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 0 Send Message	Roger	Report	10 Nov 2007 13:31
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 0 Send Message	Hi Gemma Are you still looking? I didn't used to like my name but when I found out what it meant I really liked it. I take it from the origin at Livermere, near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. The name is Old English from -laefer-mere. That is flag iris-mere. If you've never been it's worth going, it's a beautiful area. The lake is there, two old churches and yes there are still flag iris growing round the lake. The surname may predate the Norman Conquest. What seems to have happened was that a Norman soldier/ knight called William Drieu (as in Drury) was given lands there. He took the name William de Livermere (1080). Earliest female name so far is Agnes Livermore 1237. Please let me know if you want more information regards Roger