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Survey of English Place-Names

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Mauk Royd

Other OS name in the Parish of Ecclesfield

Etymology

, 1847TA , cf. Malkinfeild 1506Cust , Malkynfeld 1565 SheffMan , from the ME  pers.n. Mal (e )kin ( a diminutive of Matilda ) or the appellative formed from it , ' a lowclass woman, a slut, a scarecrow ' , rod 1 , feld .

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name