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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bodsmarsh Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Marnhull

Historical Forms

  • (Gt) Bods' Marsh 1838 TA

Etymology

, (Gt ) Bods ' Marsh 1838TA , cf. Edward Bot 1332 SR , pasturam domini que vocatur Mersfrid 13 GlastR , la Mersh 'dych ', La Mersh 'stiele e14GlastE , claus ' voc ' la Merssh '1482MinAcct , v. mersc ' marsh ' , fyrhð ' wood ' , dīc ' ditch ' , stigel ' stile ' .