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.

Markham

Other OS name in the Parish of Wroughton

Historical Forms

  • Merecombe 1325 Orig
  • Marcum Bottom 1773 AandD
  • Marcombe Bottom 1815 O.S.

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Merecombe 1325 Orig, Marcum Bottom 1773 A and D,Marcombe Bottom 1815 O.S. Probably a compound of (ge)mære , ' boundary , ' and cumb , though it is not on the parish boundary .