Martin |
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settlement |
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parish: county: coords: |
Martin Hampshire SU0619 |
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HANTSLOC.t |
old map: | 25inch County Series map -- Hants LIVA.8 |
Martin otherwise: mertone, 944-946; Meretun, 1225 |
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Coates 1989 MARTIN, formerly in Wiltshire Hypothetical Old English '(ge)Maeretun'='boundary farm' seems the most likely, given the proximity of the county boundary, but hypothetical 'Meretun'='pond farm' is formally quite acceptable. |