"Hummer" is Norwegian for "lobster", and likely its Old Norse ancestor similar :: here applied to the similar but much smaller river crayfish _Astacus fluviatilis_?
Mark Smith wrote:
> Can anyone suggest a meaning behind the following adjacent field and wood names which straddle the
> southern and northern boundaries of Sedgefield and Grindon parishes respectively ;
> Homer Carr Plantation
> Homer Car
> The fields/woods are located almost equidistant between the DMV of Layton, Shotton
> and Grindon in south-east County Durham. Thanks in advance
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