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.

Marsh Barton

Other OS name in the Parish of Alphington

Historical Forms

  • in loco qui dicitur ad Mareis 1142 ANG c.1200
  • Celia de Marisco 1263–73 BM
  • la Mershe 1306 Ass

Etymology

is in loco qui dicitur ad Mareis 1142 (c. 1200) ANG,Celia de Marisco 1263–73 BM, la Mershe 1306Ass (p) . There is flat marshy land here by the Exe .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement