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.

Mucking

Major Settlement in the Parish of Mucking

Historical Forms

  • Muc(h)inga 1086 DB
  • Muckinges 1199 FF
  • Mucchinges 1200 P
  • Mucking 1219,1234 FF 1255 Ass
  • Muckyng 1261 FF
  • Mukking(e) 1238 SR 1239,1257 FF 1274 RH
  • Moc(c)hing(a) 1177–81 P
  • Mocking(e) 1178 ChancR 1285 QW
  • Mokinga 1182 P
  • Mockyng(ge) 1294 Pat 1331 Londin
  • Mokkyng(g) 1321,1331 Londin 1428 FA
  • Mockynges 1270 FF

Etymology

OE  Muccingas , 'the settlement of the people of Mucca .' Cf. Mowden Hall infra 288–9 and PN in -ing 47.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name