Axfleet Marsh
Early-attested site in the Parish of Wallasea Island
Historical Forms
- Acresflet(e) 1340 Misc 1372 Cl 1441,1451 IpmR 1447 FF
- Acresflet(e) Peverell, Acresflet(e) Mershe 1508 FF
- Acresflet(e) Marshe iuxta Wallflete in Canewdon 1554 Ct
- Acrisflet(e) 1412 FA
- Acresfl(e)et(e), Akersfl(e)et(e)mershe al. Axfle(e)te iuxta Walfflete 1554 Ct 1578 Rental
- Acreflete 1372,1395 IpmR
- Akelisflete 1375 Ct
- Axflete marsh 1415 Cl
- Acresflete mershe otherwyse called Axflete 1578 Rental
Etymology
v. fleot . The place is marked on Greenwood's map of 1824 as a marsh near the Crouch, east of Great Grapnells Marsh and north-west of Ringwood. The first element is uncertain.