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.

Great Maplestead and Little Maplestead

Major Settlement in the Parish of Great and Little Maplestead

Historical Forms

  • Mapulderstede 1042 WDB 1066 KCD824 14th
  • Mapledestedā, Mapledestedam, Mappesteda 1086 DB
  • Mapeld(e)r(e)steda, Mapeld(e)r(e)sted(e) 1185,1190 P 1203 FF 1280 Ch 1285–6 FF
  • Mapelter(e)sted(e) 1198–1252 FF
  • Great Mapeltrested, Little Mapeltrested 1242–56 ib
  • Mapetersted 1340 NI
  • Mapledorsted Parva 1199 ChR
  • Mappel Dorested 1291 Tax
  • Mapeltreffeld, Mapetereffeld 1254 Ass
  • Graundmapeltr(e) 1274 Cl
  • Mappeldstede 1359 Cl
  • Mapsted 1428 FA
  • Mapulstede 1440–4 Inqaqd
  • Mapilsted 1490 Cunnington

Etymology

'Maple-tree place,' v. mapuldor , stede .

Places in the same Parish

None