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.

Manshay Coppice, Manshay Fm & Manshay Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Marshwood

Historical Forms

  • Manshay 1811 OS
  • Mansey Farm 1843 TA
  • Maundevillesheyes in Mersshwode 1350 Ipm

Etymology

( Manshay 1811 OS, Mansey Farm 1843TA ) , perhaps to be associated with Maundevillesheyes in Mersshwode 1350 Ipm , v. Mandeville Stoke Fm in Whitchurch C . par . infra .