English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Butlers Marston

Major Settlement in the Parish of Butlers Marston

Historical Forms

  • Mersetone 1086 DB
  • Mersetona 1140 BM
  • Merston le Botiler 1176 France
  • Mershton Boteler 1291 Tax 1334 Ipm
  • Mereston Botyler 1298 ib
  • Merschton 1330 FA
  • Merschton Buttiller 1428 ib
  • Bot(e)ler(i)smerston 1387,1390 ADiv
  • Merston Butler al. Butler Merston 1544 LP

Etymology

'Marsh farm,' cf. Marston supra 84–5. Ralph Boteler held the manor t. Stephen (Dugdale 430).

Places in the same Parish