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.