Malling
Major Settlement in the Parish of South Malling Without
Historical Forms
- Mallingum 838 BCS421
- Mellinges 1086 DB
- Melling 1121 AC
- Suthmelling 1232 Pat
- Mallinges 1210–12 RBE c.1250 Gerv
- Suth Mallinges 1293 Pat
- Su(t)malling(g) 1242,1264 Pat
- Mallings 15th SAC68,272
- Meauling 1248 SAC61,85
- Mawling 1610 Norden
- South Mawling 1628 SRS14,215
Etymology
This p.n. is the same as Malling (K), earlier Meallingas .Ekwall, PN in -ing 38, suggests that they derive from a lost pers. name Mealla , cognate with the first element in OHG Mallobaudes (cf. Schönfeld s. n .). Hence, 'Mealla's people,' v. ing . Cf. also Mawsley (Nth), DB Malesle , 1324 Ipm Mallesle .