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.

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  1. Hurstingstone Hundred (Hundred in Huntingdonshire)

    The history of this Hundred-name has been made out by Mr Goodall in the paper already referred to s. n. Sword Point supra 190. He makes a convincing case for thinking that

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  2. Mountstephen Ho (Early-attested site, Halberton, Devon)

    Whether the family was of local origin we cannot say. The place is on a hill. The form suggests that the name was coined in England and not in

  3. Marshrow (Other OS name, Exminster, Devon)

    ( 6 ″ ) is Marshbrowe 1611, Marshrowe 1671Recov . The b is probably a clerical error . The place lies in flat land by the Exe

  4. New England (Other OS name, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire)

    is so named c. 1825 (O.S.)

  5. New England (Other OS name, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire)

    is in the far north - west of the parish . v. infra 293