Fleet Marston
Major Settlement in the Parish of Fleet Marston
Historical Forms
- Merstone 1086 DB
- Fletemerstone 1223 WellsR 1245 Gross 1300 Ipm 1302 FA
- Flettemerstone 1284 FA
- Fletemershtone 1300 Ipm 1316 FA 1375 ADvi
- Fletmerston 1336 Pat 1346 Misc 1349 Pat
- Fletemarston 1509 LP
- Flittmarston 1526 LS
- fflet marson 1670 Terr
- Fleet Masson 1690 Terr
Etymology
'Marsh farm' v. mersc , tun . The distinctive epithet is from fleot which survives in the 'fleet' of brackish water still existing and running by the side of the high road (Harman).
Places in the same Parish
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