Marchwood
settlement
parish:
county:
coords:
Marchwood
Hampshire
SU3810
refce: HANTSLOC.t
old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants LXV.13
Marchwood
otherwise: Merceode, 1086; Merchewude, 1254
refce: Coates 1989
MARCHWOOD
Hypothetical Old English 'merecewudu'='smallage (wild celery) wood' seems more likely than hypothetical 'Mierc(e)a wudu'='wood of Mercians'; but note the problem concerning the not far distant parish of FAWLEY. Smallage prefers wet ditches, usually near the sea; Marchwood is appropriately placed.
description
 Marchwood
The place is described in text Cobbett 1830
refce: Cobbett 1830
... at the distance of half a mile from the water-side [Beaulieu River], we came out again upon the intolerable heath, and went on for seven or eight miles over that heath, from the village of Beaulieu to that of Marchwood.
domesday
 Merceode
Listed in Domesday Book
- Rodbrige Hundred - Hantescire
Period - 11th century
refce: Domesday Book 1086 (69.50)
TERRA TAINORV~ REGIS ... ALWIN ten. de rege MERCEODE . Vluiet pat. ei tenuit ...
domesday
 Merceorde
Listed in Domesday Book
- Rodbrige Hundred - Hantscire
Period - 11th century
refce: Moody 1862 (Domesday)
   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001