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.

Marshland

Local district in the County of West Riding of Yorkshire

Historical Forms

  • Merskland(ia) 1302 BM 1315 Pat 1357 Selby 1362 Works 1400,1412 Pat
  • Mersshland 1413,1455,1461 ib
  • Mersshlond 1435 ib
  • Mersland 1419,1422,1467 ib
  • Marsshland 1473 ib
  • Marsland 1535 VE
  • Marsh(e)land 1547 FF 1590 Camd 1621 Comm 1696 Pryme

Parishes in this Local district

None