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.

Merston

Major Settlement in the Parish of Merston

Historical Forms

  • Mersitone 1086 DB
  • Merseton(a) 1155 France t.Hy2 Pat 1387 Ch 1332
  • Mers(h)ton(e) 1274 Ipm 1414 IpmR
  • Merschtone al. Weston 1304 Ipm
  • Marston 1569 Wills 1676 InstPRO
  • Merson 1584,1595 Wills

Etymology

'Marsh farm,' v. mersc , tun .

Places in the same Parish

None