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.

Little Marland

Early-attested site in the Parish of Petrockstow

Historical Forms

  • Merlanda 1086 DB
  • Merlond, Pye Merland 1250 Cl
  • Merlond Pye 1303 FA

Etymology

v. Peters Marland supra 97.Pye looks like a manorial addition, but no such family has been found in Devon.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement