Dikes Marsh
Early-attested site in the Parish of Thorne
Historical Forms
- Dykesmers(c)h 1323 MinAcct
- Dykesmarsh, Dikesmarsh 1559 Hnt 1682 Comm66 1771 M
- Dichmarsh(e), Dychmarsh(e) 1608 FF 1658 Wills
- Ditchmarsh 1629 Hnt 1675 Comm52
Etymology
Dikes Marsh, Dykesmers (c )h 1323MinAcct 45, Dykesmarsh , Dikesmarsh 1559 Hnt, 1682Comm 66, 1771 M, Dichmarsh (e ), Dychmarsh (e )1608 FF, 1658 Wills, Ditchmarsh 1629 Hnt, 1675Comm 52. 'Marshland near the dike', v. dīc , mersc . The allusion is to marshland recovered for use through the building of a dike running from Thorne Waste to the R. Don.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Marshes
- Medge Hall
- Mere Drain
- Moor Ends
- Moor Fm
- Moor Ho
- North Common
- North Field
- Nun Moor
- Oak Moors
- Old Laith Ho
- Peel Hill
- Pighill Moors
- Redhouse Cottage
- Reedholme
- Sand Hill
- Sand Moors
- Sluice Lane
- Snake Lane
- South Moor
- Stonegate
- Swallow Hurst
- The Willows
- Ashfield Ho
- Balne Croft Common
- Bank Side
- Bloody Hall
- Bloom Hill
- Bradholme
- Broadbent Gate, Broadbent Moors
- Burgar Common
- Chadwick Dike
- Clay Bank Fm
- Coulman's Rd
- Dirtness Groves Fm
- Double Bridges
- Elmhirst Plant
- Finkle St
- Green Bank
- Green Lane
- Gyme, Gyme Wood
- Hadds
- Hadds Nook
- Hangsman Hill
- High Trod Rd
- Holmleigh
- The Hopes
- Lockermarsh Ho
- Tempernacre Bridge
- Thorne Hall
- Thorne Moor
- Thorne Waste
- Tween Bridge Moors
- Tithe Lane
- Warp Fm
- Warpings
- Wike Gate Rd and Wike Well End