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From: "Greg Harper" <>
Subject: Re: [SOG-UK-L] (SOG-UK-L) Mashan, North Yorkshire
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 22:27:01 +0100


Roger:
Thanks a lot for looking this up - very helpful!
Best wishes,
Greg

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----- Original Message -----
From: Roger Hickson <>
To: <>
Sent: 05 April 1999 21:34
Subject: [SOG-UK-L] (SOG-UK-L) Mashan, North Yorkshire

> Greg Harper wrote enquiring re the origin of the place name Mashan. In
> Adrian Room's "Dictionary of Place Names" the entry for Mashan is given
as:
> "A small town northwest of Ripon whose name means Maessa's homestead,
with
> the frequently found combination of a personal name followed by the Old
> English ham (homestead, village). The town appeared in the Domesday Book
> as Massan."
>
> Unfortuneately there are no entries in this book for Massingham or
> Messingham.
>
> Roger Hickson
> (Researching the names HICKSON, APPLETON, SILVERLOCK and FRENCH in 18th
and
> 19th century Liverpool area)
>
>

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