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.

Marshall Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ide

Historical Forms

  • morces hille 1050–73 Earle
  • Morkishill 1238 Ass
  • Morkeshill 1256 FF
  • Morkeshull(e) 1307 Cl 1329 Exon
  • Morxhill 1535 VE
  • Moxhill 1620 Wills
  • Marshall 1682 Recov

Etymology

'Moroc 's hill.' This is a well-evidenced Celtic pers. name, a derivative of mor ,'sea.' Cf. Branscombe infra 620.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement