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.

Masey Edge

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Malzeard

Historical Forms

  • Mercy Edge 1609 FF 1840 TA

Etymology

, Mercy Edge 1609 FF, 1840TA , ME  merci ' mercy ' , ecg ' escarpment ' , but the allusion is obscure .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site