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Survey of English Place-Names

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Marston Green and Marston Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bickenhill

Historical Forms

  • Merstone 1086 DB
  • Merston de Culy 1262 Ass
  • Merston Cuyly 1272 FF
  • Merston Quilly 1317 ib
  • Merston Culey 1340,1394 Pat 1661 FF
  • Marston Cueley 1610 FF
  • Marston Green al. Marston Culy c.1830 O.S.
  • Waure Merston 1257 BM
  • Merschton Wavre 1267 Ipm

Etymology

'Marsh farm,' v. mersc , tun . Marston Hall, which may have been the original site of the settlement, lies low by a stream.Ralph de Cuyly held the manor in 1272 (FF) and 1287 (Cl).Another manor was known as Waure Merston 1257 BM, Merschton Wavre 1267 Ipm and Wavers Merston as late as 1725 (B), deriving from the family of William de Waver who held it t. Ric i (Dugdale 715).