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.

Little Meols

Major Settlement in the Parish of West Kirby

Historical Forms

  • Melas 1086 DBf.264b
  • Parua- 1200–45 Chest
  • -Parva 1629 ChetOSviii
  • Litle- 1283 Ipm
  • Lytle- 1315 Plea
  • Littel- 1347 ChFor
  • Lytel- 1358 Orm2
  • Litel- 1383 ib
  • Little- 1361 BPR 1498 Sheaf 1724 NotCestr

Etymology

'the smaller part of Meols', cf. Great Meols & Little Meols 296supra , v. parva , lȳtel , lítill .