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.

Barrowmarsh Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Goldhanger

Etymology

Barrowmarsh Fm (6″). Cf. Borowghmershe t. Ed 6Rental , Borrow 1570Harl , Barrow-hills , Barrowmarsh 1584 EAS xviii, Borough Hills 1740 Salmon. v. beorg , 'hill, mound.' The mounds were most probably formed of the material excavated in making large brine-pits. v. EAS xviii, 40 ff.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement