Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• per medium Marisscum (sic) e13 HarlCh

• usque ad mariscum eHy3 Bard p1269 HarlCh Hy3

• the Marsh 1676 BartTB

• Barton Marsh 1670,1683,1696,1728 Yarb 1799 Young

• ye Marshe 1700 Terrier

• Lytylmerche 1115 Bard ?14

• Litellmersk' m12 p1269 ib

• Litelmerse 1184–5 YChii

• Litelmers 1202 FF

• Litlemerhs (sic) 1250 ib

• Littilmersk 1304 Ipm

• Litelmersk 1331 Ch

• the little Marsh 1676 BartTB 1724,1765,1788 Terrier

• the little Marsh of Barton 1691 Dudding

• the little Marsk 1737 BPD

• the littel Marsh 1745 Terrier

Etymology

, per medium Marisscum (sic)e13HarlCh , usque ad mariscum eHy3 (p1269) Bard , Hy3HarlCh ,the Marsh 1676 BartTB, Barton Marsh 1670, 1683, 1696, 1728Yarb ,1799 Young, y e Marshe 1700Terrier , self-explanatory, v. mersc.Note also LITTLE MARSH (lost), Lytylmerche 1115 (?14) Bard ,Litellmersk 'm12 (p1269) ib , Litelmerse 1184–5 YCh ii, Litelmers 1202FF, Litlemerhs (sic)1250 ib, Littilmersk 1304 Ipm, Litelmersk 1331Ch, the little Marsh 1676 BartTB, 1724, 1765, 1788Terrier , the little Marsh of Barton 1691Dudding , the little Marsk 1737BPD , the littel Marsh 1745Terrier , cf. Little Marsh Lane 1827MiscDon 82 , v. lȳtel , mersc , said in LNQ vii , 204 – 6 , to be land east of The Haven from Butts Rd to the Humber Bank , bounded on the east by the Cow Pasture ( for the latter v. f. ns . ( a ) infra ) . The occasional spellings in -sk are noteworthy as Scandinavianised forms .