Marsworth
Major Settlement in the Parish of Marsworth
Historical Forms
- Mæssanwyrð 1012 Thorpe 12th
- Missevorde 1086 DB
- Messewurda 1163 P
- Messewrda Hyi Ch 1267
- Massewrth 1199 Cur
- Messeworth 1200 Cur 1215 WellsR c.1218 WellsL 1227,1262 Ass 1284,1316,1346 FA 1377 Ipm
- Messewurth 1200 Cur 1262 Ass 1276 RH
- Masseworth 1201 Cur 1301 Ipm 1312 Pat 1328 Ch 1335 Fine 1363 ADiii 1367 Cl 1526 LS
- Massewurth 1201 Cur
- Messewrth 1227 Ass 1242 Fees877
- Maseworth 1301 Ipm
- Mosseworth 1338 Cl
- Masworth 1364 Pat 1490 Ipm 1582 ADvi
- Mesworth 1546 LP
- Mersworth 1766 J
Etymology
'Mæssa's enclosure' v. worþ . For the pers. name *Mæssa , v. IPN 173 and cf. Massingham (Nf), Messingham (L). The r of the modern form is an attempt to show the characteristic long a of the dialectal pronunciation. v. Introd. xxiii.
Places in the same Parish
None