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Survey of English Place-Names

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Mustard Hyrn

Other OS name in the Parish of Martham

Historical Forms

  • Mustardes 1391 AccMartham

Etymology

( 2 acres of land called ) Mustardes 1391Acc Martham , Mustard Hern and Hurn freq in later Court Rolls ; for the surname Mustard , recorded from 1191 , v. Reaney s.n. , and hyrne . A Yarmouth man called Mustard owned land in Martham in the 14th cent .