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.

Long Marston

Major Settlement in the Parish of Long Marston

Historical Forms

  • Mersetone 1086 DB
  • Mersctona 13 Font
  • Merston(a), Merstun 1086 DB 12 Font 1185–1215 YCh557–8 1190 P 1195 FF 1198 Fount 13 1227 Font 1524 WillY
  • Merstun in Aynsteht 13 Heal35d
  • Merstun in Aynsty 1254 Ch 1310
  • Marston 1250–81 Tockw 1441 DiocV 1546 YChant
  • Marston near York 1556 WillY
  • Long Marston 1607 FF 1656 WillS

Etymology

'Farmstead in the marsh', v. mersc , tūn ; for -s - instead of -sh - cf. IPN 113. 'Long' in allusion to the length of the village.