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.

Hamstead Marshall

Major Settlement in the Parish of Hamstead Marshall

Historical Forms

  • Hamesteda, Hamestede 1086 DB
  • Hamstede Hy2 Ch 1270
  • Westhamsted' 1241 Ass
  • Hamstud' Mareschal, Hamsted Marchal' 1284 ib
  • Hamstede Mareschall 1400 Fine
  • Hampsted Mareschal, Hampstede Mareschall 1345 Fine
  • Hampstede Marshall 1451 1517 DInc

Etymology

v. hāmstede 'homestead'. Hamstead Marshall is first found in the possession of the Marshals early in the 13th cent. (VCH iv, 179).