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.

Markfield Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tottenham

Historical Forms

  • Merkefeld 1502 Ct

Etymology

Markfield Ho is Merkefeld 1502Ct . Cf. also le Merk , Merkgrove , Merkmede ib. The place was by the parish and Hundred boundary, v. mearc .