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.

Mercer's House

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wingrave

Etymology

Bury Manor in Wingrave was given to the Mercers' Company as part of the endowment of St Paul's School by Dean Colet and this gave rise to Mercers' Farm, now Mercer's House (VCH ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement