Merstow Green
Early-attested site in the Parish of Evesham
Etymology
In the Chronicle of Evesham we have a series of references from the 13th cent. to 'terra in Merstowe ' and in 1546 (LP) to a messuage in le Merstowe . Merstow Green lies just to the north of the wall built by Abbot Chyryton early in the 14th cent., which divides off the Abbey and its grounds from the town of Evesham. Probably the whole site of the Abbey and its grounds was once known as mǣre stow , 'famous place,' stow being used in its specialised sense of land dedicated to some religious purpose. The green adjoining it preserves the name.