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Axfleet Marsh

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wallasea Island

Historical Forms

  • Acresflet(e) 1340 Misc 1372 Cl 1441,1451 IpmR 1447 FF
  • Acresflet(e) Peverell, Acresflet(e) Mershe 1508 FF
  • Acresflet(e) Marshe iuxta Wallflete in Canewdon 1554 Ct
  • Acrisflet(e) 1412 FA
  • Acresfl(e)et(e), Akersfl(e)et(e)mershe al. Axfle(e)te iuxta Walfflete 1554 Ct 1578 Rental
  • Acreflete 1372,1395 IpmR
  • Akelisflete 1375 Ct
  • Axflete marsh 1415 Cl
  • Acresflete mershe otherwyse called Axflete 1578 Rental

Etymology

v. fleot . The place is marked on Greenwood's map of 1824 as a marsh near the Crouch, east of Great Grapnells Marsh and north-west of Ringwood. The first element is uncertain.