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.

Marystow

Major Settlement in the Parish of Marystow

Historical Forms

  • Sancte Marie Stou, Ecclesia Sancte Marie Stou, Stowe 1266–78 Exon
  • Stowe Beate Marie 1282 Exon
  • Stowe Sanctae Mariae 1341 FF
  • Stowemary t.Hy8 StarChamber
  • Marystow or Marstow 1790 Recov

Etymology

'Holy spot of St Mary,' v. stow .

Places in the same Parish