Markshall
Major Settlement in the Parish of Markshall
Historical Forms
- (æt) mearcyncg seollan 998 Crawfix
- Mercheshalam 1086 DB
- Merkeshale 1212,t.Hy3 RBE
- Merkeshall 1242 P
- Markeshal(e) 1275 RH 1303 FA 1330 Londin
- Markeshall(e) 1375 IpmR
- Markeshall(e) alias Marsehall 1567 M
- Markishale 1291 Tax
- Merikeshale 1280 Ass
- Markhalle 1354 IpmR
- Marsall 1518 EASix
Etymology
Perhaps originally 'at the dwellings of a man named Mearc ' or 'on the mearc or boundary,' here that between Lexden and Hinckford Hundreds. v. ing , sele . Either there was an early substitution of the dat. sing. of healh for the dat. pl. of sele , or two places close together were named from the same man or object. On the identification v. EAS xvii, 21–2. Later, -hall was, as often, substituted for -hale . Cf. Markshall (Nf), in which was Merkeslawe 1304 Chanc, and Marksbury (So), Merkesburi 705 (15th) BCS 112.