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.

Major 's Mdw

Field in the Parish of Wistow

Historical Forms

  • 1969 Surv

Etymology

Major's Mdw (with the surn. Major, a reflex of the OFr   masc. pers. n. Maugier)