Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• the Graunge of Midlemershe 1596 Prideaux

• Grange 1811 OS

Etymology

, 1811 OS ( site of ) , the Graunge of Midlemershe 1596Prideaux , Grange 1811 OS , cf. Middelmersh Ferne (sic)1431 FA , Mydylmerse Ferme , Mydylmerse Halle ,Myddelmersche Ferme , Myddylmersche Ferme , Myddylmersche Hall '1527Winch , Myddelmersh Ferme , Myddelmerche Hall Hy 8ib , Middelmersche Hall , Middilmersche Hall 1529ib , Mydlemarshe hall 1614AddCh , Middlemersh hall 1648ib , Middlemarsh hall 1649DCMDeed , v. grange , ferme , hall and Middlemarsh supra . Middlemarsh belonged to Cerne Abbey , and the Grange ' was anciently the retiring place of the abbots of Cerne ' ( Hutch34481 ) ; ' the mansion house ' described in 1774 (Hutch1 2477) ' no longerexists ' by 1870 ( Hutch 3 loc. cit . ) .