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Survey of English Place-Names

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Meadow Place Grange

Early-attested site in the Parish of Youlgreave

Historical Forms

  • Methdueplot 1101–8 RegLich
  • Methdweploth a.1108 Dugd
  • Grangia canonicorum Leycester que dicitur Medweplot 1251 DbAv
  • Med(e)weplot, Meduplot 1272 LichChart 1301 Ch 1332 Middleton
  • Middletonplek 1291 Tax 1330 Ass
  • Medoplec, Medow(e)plec, Medow(e)pleck(e) 1348 DbAxxxvi 1427,1439 BelCh 1525,1529 Lanc
  • Meadow Place 1767 Burdett

Etymology

Meadow Place Grange, Methdueplot 1101–8 RegLich, Methdweploth a. 1108 Dugd, Grangia canonicorum Leycester que dicitur Medweplot 1251 DbA v, Med (e )weplot , Meduplot 1272LichChart , 1301 Chet passim to 1332Middleton , Middletonplek 1291 Tax, 1330Ass , Medoplec , Medow(e)plec , Medow (e )pleck (e )1348 DbA xxxvi, 1427, 1439BelCh , 1525, 1529 Lanc et passim , Meadow Place 1767Burdett . 'Small piece of grassland', v. mǣd , plot , with the second element subsequently replaced by plek , a word of similar meaning. v. grange .