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.

Marsh Peak

Early-attested site in the Parish of Elsted

Etymology

Marsh Peak (6″), cf. le Marshe de Elstede (1538Ct ). 'Peak' perhaps from the shape of the copse, at the fork of two roads.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement