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Survey of English Place-Names

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Mayfield Ho & May Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Sheffield

Historical Forms

  • New and Old May House 1841 O.S.

Etymology

, New and Old May House 1841 O.S. , cf. also Maying , Mayland 1395 Cust ; the first el . is ambiguous ( May in one of its various senses or mǣge ' a maiden ' ) , v. hūs , eng .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name