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.

Mardyke Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hornchurch

Historical Forms

  • Markedich(e) 1367 Pat 1427 IpmR
  • Mardiche 1589 ADvi
  • Merediche 1594 N

Etymology

Mardyke Fm is Markedich (e )1367 Pat, 1427 IpmR, Mardiche 1589 AD vi, Merediche 1594 N. 'Boundary-ditch,' v. mearc , dic . Near the Beam River supra 3, earlier Markedich , which forms the boundary between Havering and Dagenham.