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.

Edymarsh

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pickering

Historical Forms

  • Eduiemersh, Eduiemersc c.1160,1189 Riev
  • Ediuemersc(h), Edyuemersc(h) 1238 Malton
  • Edeuemerske 1333 Riev
  • Edymarsh 1619 NRS

Etymology

'Edive's marsh' from the OE  woman's name Ēadgifu and mersc.