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Survey of English Place-Names

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Maplebeck

Major Settlement in the Parish of Maplebeck

Historical Forms

  • Mapleberg, Mapelberg 1086 DB
  • Mapelbec 1086 DB 1165 P
  • Mapelbek 1291 FF 1302 FA 1310 Ipm 1325 Pat
  • Mapilbek c.1270 AddCh 1285 FF 1332 SR
  • Mapelton' 1182 P
  • Mappelbec 1243 FF
  • Mappelbek 1280 Ass 1335 For
  • Mabelbe(c)k 1280,1330 Ass 1472 Rufford
  • Mabilbe(c)k 1305 Ipm
  • Maplebek 1323 FF
  • Malebe(c)ke 1508 FF 1541 Wills 1543 NtIpm 1548 Pat
  • Malbek(e) 1536 FF 1542 Wills
  • Maylbeke 1540 ib
  • Maplebeck al. Malbeck 1580 FF
  • Malebecke al. Mapplebecke 1592 ib
  • Maplebecke comonlie called Malebecke 1603 ParReg(Upton)

Etymology

'Maple-tree stream,' v. bekkr . Side by side with this we have sporadic forms in berg and tun . The beck here is a tiny feeder of the second example of The Beck supra 1.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name