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Miz Maze

Other OS name in the Parish of Leigh

Historical Forms

  • Maze 1773 Bayly
  • a Miz-Maze 1774 Hutch1

Etymology

, Maze 1773 Bayly, a Miz -Maze 1774 Hutch1 , cf. Mismaze Common 1840TA , from eModE  mizmaze ' alabyrinth or maze ' ; the maze , circular and made of earth , is described as it was in the 1860s in Hutch 3 4 451 , cf. also William Barnes in DoNHAS 4 ( 1879 ) .