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.

King's Marsh, Kingslee, King's Marsh House & King's Marsh Lane

Major Settlement in the Parish of King's Marsh

Historical Forms

  • Vruemers 1208–29 Dieul
  • Ouermershe c.1294 ChFor 1599 ChRR
  • Ouremarssh, Over(e)marssh, Homemarssh 1359 Chamb
  • Ouremarsh, Over(e)marsh, Homemarsh 1386 ChRR
  • Ouremarshe, Over(e)marshe, Homemarshe 1418 ib
  • Over Marshe alias Kings Leyes alias Langs Marshe 1632 Orm2
  • Overmermersch 1348 Chamb
  • Overmestrch 1351 Chamb
  • Orvermersshe 1430 ChRR
  • Kings Leyes 1632 Orm2
  • King's Lee 1882 ib
  • King's Marsh 1727 Sheaf
  • Kings Marsh Farm & Kings Marsh Road 1831 Bry
  • Marsh House 1842 OS

Etymology

'Marsh on a hill', v. ofer 2 , mersc . The later names, 'king's marsh' and 'clearing(s) or meadow-land' from cyning , mersc and lǣs or lēah , arise from the fact that King's Marsh was an extra-parochial liberty of the earldom of Chester, hence of the Crown, where visitors to the county seeking the earl's protection or coming to his aid in time of war, might pitch tents or booths for a year and a day, v. Orm2 ii753.

Places in the same Parish