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.

Marshwood Vale

Local district in the County of Dorset

Historical Forms

  • Merswodenaal (sic for Merswodeuaal) 1319 FF
  • Merswodeval(e) 1358 Ipm 1382 Pat 1438 ADI
  • Merswodeuall' 1384 Brid
  • Merswodeuale 1392 Brid
  • Merswodewale 1448 Brid
  • Mersheudewalle, Mershoudewalle 1331 HarlCh
  • Mers(s)h(e)wodeval(e) 1335 Ch 1356 Ipm
  • 'the park of Mers(s)h(e)wodeval(e)' 1488 Pat
  • Mers(s)h(e)wo(o)dvale' 1404 Fine 1440 Cl
  • valle de Merchewod 1338 HarlCh
  • valle de Mershewood 1387 IpmR
  • 'the lordship of Mersshwod(e) Vall(e)' 1401 Pat 1402 Cl
  • la Seigneurie de Mersche Wode Vale 1446 AddCh

Parishes in this Local district

None