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.

Manland Common

Early-attested site in the Parish of Harpenden

Historical Forms

  • Manland 1598 Wills

Etymology

Manland Common (6″) is Mandilond 1306, Mandeland 1385, Mandefeld , Mandelond 1390, Maundelond 1510WAM , Manland 1598 Wills. It is just possible that this land provided the Maundy dole (earlier mande , maunde , maundye ) distributed on Maundy Thursday.