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.

Marsworth

Major Settlement in the Parish of Marsworth

Historical Forms

  • Mæssanwyrð 1012 Thorpe 12th
  • Missevorde 1086 DB
  • Messewurda 1163 P
  • Messewrda Hyi Ch 1267
  • Massewrth 1199 Cur
  • Messeworth 1200 Cur 1215 WellsR c.1218 WellsL 1227,1262 Ass 1284,1316,1346 FA 1377 Ipm
  • Messewurth 1200 Cur 1262 Ass 1276 RH
  • Masseworth 1201 Cur 1301 Ipm 1312 Pat 1328 Ch 1335 Fine 1363 ADiii 1367 Cl 1526 LS
  • Massewurth 1201 Cur
  • Messewrth 1227 Ass 1242 Fees877
  • Maseworth 1301 Ipm
  • Mosseworth 1338 Cl
  • Masworth 1364 Pat 1490 Ipm 1582 ADvi
  • Mesworth 1546 LP
  • Mersworth 1766 J

Etymology

'Mæssa's enclosure' v. worþ . For the pers. name *Mæssa , v. IPN 173 and cf. Massingham (Nf), Messingham (L). The r of the modern form is an attempt to show the characteristic long a of the dialectal pronunciation. v. Introd. xxiii.

Places in the same Parish

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