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Survey of English Place-Names

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West Marsh

Other OS name in the Parish of Snaith

Historical Forms

  • Westmers(c)h' 1301 YI 1323 MinAcct
  • Wastmarsh 1662 PRClt

Etymology

, Westmers (c )h '1301 YI, 1323MinAcct , Wastmarsh 1662PRClt , v. west , mersc , cf. Carlton Marsh supra .