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.

Magpie Mine

Other OS name in the Parish of Ashford

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , 1837 Walker , cf. Madghill Stone 1617Senior , a boundary stone nearby ; no trace has been found of the Margaret who gave her name to the hill .