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.

Magdalen House with Magdalen Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Preston

Historical Forms

  • Maudelyngarth juxta Hedon 1435,1436 HMC(Bev)

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) [ mɔːdlin uːs ] was formerly Maudelyngarth juxta Hedon 1435, 1436 HMC (Bev) and belonged to the church of St Mary Magdalen in Hedon .