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.

Hatchet Marsh

Field in the Parish of Stokesby with Herringby

Historical Forms

  • 1839 TA

Etymology

Hatchet Marsh(could be from OE  *hæcc-geat, v. Field s.n., but usually hatchet refers to the shape of the field)