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Survey of English Place-Names

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Marley's Row

Other OS name in the Parish of Edmondsham

Historical Forms

  • Marrowe leaze 1621 CH
  • Murrel Leaze 1841 TA(GussageAllSnts)
  • prat' vocat' Morleyrs 1494 Cecil

Etymology

, Marrowe leaze 1621CH , Murrel Leaze 1841TA (Gussage AllSnts), v. lǣs 'pasture', rāw; the first el. may be ModE  marrow in the figurative sense 'rich food, essence', used to denote goodpasture along a small tributary of R. Crane; however if the formprat ' vocat ' Morleyrs 1494Cecil belongs here , the name may have a different origin .