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.

Marston

Major Settlement in the Parish of Marston

Historical Forms

  • (æt) Mersce a.1050 KCD862 late13th EHRli 1057–65 14th
  • Mersttune c.1069 MonAng 13th
  • Merston' 1122 Frid c.1425 Ass 1285
  • Mershtone 1285 Ass
  • Mershton 1316 FA
  • Mershetona 1402 Frid c.1425
  • Merschtona 1411 Frid c.1425
  • Mayston 1529 ChurchAcc
  • Marston 1531 ChurchAcc

Etymology

'tūnon marshy ground,' v. mersc .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name