Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• the West Marshe 1633 AOMB

• West Marsh 1785 Map

• the late West Marsh 1843 MiscDon

• the West Marsh 1848 ib

Etymology

, the West Marshe 1633AOMB 390 ,West Marsh 1785Map , the late West Marsh 1843MiscDon 82 , the West Marsh 1848ib , cf. Westmarsh-heades 1624BPD , the Westmarsh heades 1649ParlSurv ( v. hēafod in the sense ' headlands , strips of land left unploughed for the plough to turn on ' ) , Westmarsh Close alias the dovecote-close 1649ParlSurv , West Marsh Close 1695Foster , Westmarsh Close 1803EnclA , self - explanatory , v. west , mersc .