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.

Townsend Meads

Early-attested site in the Parish of Merstham

Historical Forms

  • Towneman Meade 1522 SACxx

Etymology

Townsend Meads (6″) is Towneman Meade 1522 SAC xx.'Meadow of the men of the tun, or village.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement