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Mellbecks

Other OS name in the Parish of Bampton

Historical Forms

  • Measand or Mell becks 1714 PR
  • Melbecks in Measand 1721 ib

Etymology

( lost ) , Measand or Mell becks 1714 PR, Melbecks in Measand 1721 ib , ' streams in the sand bank ' , v. melr , bekkr , cf. Measand(supra ) ; it refers to the same sands in the now submerged delta as Measand Becks .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement