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.

Marsh (Fm)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great and Little Linford

Historical Forms

  • Merchs 1310 BM
  • le Marsh 1311 Inqaqd
  • (Tykeford cum) Maresco 1316 FA

Etymology

v. mersc . Cf. Lat. mariscus , 'marsh.'

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement