THE PLAC E NAME S O F M ID D L E SE X (INCLUDING THOSE PARTS O F THE CO UNTY OF LO NDON FORM E RLY C ONTAIN ED WITHIN THE B OUNDARIE S OF THE OLD COUNTY) E B V R A N T A E B . B . O A . G . C J , ( ) L O N G M A N S G R E E N A N D , C O . PATE R NOSTE R R OW LOND ON C 39 , , E . 4 NE W YOR K , TOR ON TO AY AL U TTA D R B OMB , C C AND MA AS PR EFA CE . As a student of a n am m I a n pl ce e ety ology , h ve bee s tru ck b fa a a man of n y the ct th t , where s y our orthern and midland counties h ave been ably de alt with by m n and n n a co pete t h s , the souther cou ties , especi lly i n n of L nd n a f r those the vici ity o o , h ve o the most n f r p art bee n left u touched . It is o this re ason th at I nd k n n k I h ave u ert a e the prese t wor . selected Middle for m —first a a ma n sex y subject , bec use it is s ll cou ty , and an investiga tion into the sources of its names could be accomplished i n a shorter time th an would be possible “ one of m n and nd with the other ho e cou ties seco ly , a n a n a i n d and i n bec use it co t i s the gre test city the worl , consequence might invoke more general i nterest th an d a an d na n woul be the c se with y or i ry cou ty . I t ake the opport unity o f th anking Professor Mawer of L iverpool U niversity for v alu able help and ad vice on the subject which he h as given me both personally and “ through the medium of his recent article on E nglish ” a Nam d n d b A ad m Pl ce e Stu y pri te y the British c e y , and which h a s lessened my difii denc e in offering this I a d a kn d m work to the public . lso esire to c owle ge y K . nd dn fa M . M Gr C for m . J . i ebte ess to y ther , r over, , a an i n n f and ssist ce revisi g proo s otherwise . E . J . G . B L N N Ma 1922 O DO , y, . INTR DU CTI ON O . I N an attempt to elucid ate the me ani ngs of the place nam of M dd I a d to o f m es i lesex , h ve trie , the best y a f l u a d d n b f bility , to ol ow out the r les l i ow y Pro essor k a f M f ld a and . S e t , Pro essor wer , Pro essor W y others T a s a I a fi d all a a a old h t is to y , h ve rst collecte v il ble spe llings from the v arious record s (of which a list will f nd on a - an d nd a n a d be ou p ges xi xiv) seco ly , h vi g st te i n n a d I a nd a d these chro ologic l or er , h ve e e voure to n m an n a n a n n i n i terpret their e i g , p yi g strict tte tio every a a nd a and a to o ra c se to the usu l sou l ws , lso to the p g hi c al ua n o f a in n p sit tio the pl ces questio . Although M iddlesex is the smallest but one of our E n n I a f nd m a k b no m an glish cou ties , h ve ou y t s y e s f f m d l o d n H of Mid ree ro ifficu ty . N goo Cou ty istory dle sex exists to my knowledge (only one vol ume of V a a n n l d an d a the ictori Series h vi g bee pub ishe , th t , n n nd m and curiously e ough , bei g the seco volu e) ; although L ysons covers the ground fairly completely i n ” E n n of L nd n a nall n his viro s o o , he occ sio y gives wro g f n and hi s a m d m i m in all re ere ces , tte pte ety olog es ust i n c ases be accepted w th gre a t c autio . Since the coming of the railways i n the nineteenth n century the growth of L ondon h as been amaz i g. INTRODUCTION Originally occupying ro ughly the dist rict no w known a s ” h ad n ard at m the City , it grow very little outw the ti e e E n a s n as 100 a a o of th Grea t F ire . ve rece tly ye rs g the town h ardly exte nded further west than Hyde P ark fu n an n M a n E u n or rther orth th the prese t rylebo e , sto d o r n t and City ro a s . N w the streets a e stretchi g fur her a and a t n a of ad n out every ye r , the prese t r te va ce it appe ars prob able th at the whole coun ty will be con d n m an su u at no d an da verte i to etropolit b rb ist t te . Th e scope of this book is to include the names of all a c a and a a in M dd pl ces histori lly topogr phic lly i lesex , but ” ud n a a nam c a n excl i g the ctu l City es , whi h h ve bee a d b M r H n A H a n i n na ably tre te y . e ry . rbe his Dictio ry ” of L nd n d i n 1918 I a ak n o o , publishe . h ve , however , t e of nc ud n a few nam c as A d a the liberty i l i g es su h l g te , G c a k I n d a W . r cechur h , lbroo , etc , which co si er to be ” proper pl ace names and such as m ay be fairly i n c d d i n na c un of M dd I a lu e the origi l o ty i lesex . h ve al n d man a n am no w n an d so e tere y pl ce es exti ct or v ishe , c onsideri ng them to be as interesting to the philologi st as n a fe w nam o f those still survivi g , together with es a m d n i n a n d a n of historic l or o er or gi , co si er tio which , of n f m a an ua n of though little i terest ro l g ge poi t view , ma nd a n a m y te to re ssure i vestig tors , who ight other “ ” wise b e specul a ting on the ch ances of folk etymology i n u nam a s o n a n M a d a Va s ch es C pe h ge , i le , Portobello , etc . I t will be noticed th a t I have not a ttempted any di s ui sition on u f ac Nam d a s a q the s bject o Pl e e Stu y whole . I co nsider ed it unnecessary sme e this h as already been ably and le arnedly de alt with by such eminent auth ori ties as th e l ate Professor Ske a t and others . INTRODUCTION ix My aim h as been simply to add to the present list of county monographs on the subject a contribution on the a nam of n of M dd m a n loc l es the Cou ty i lesex , co p ri g n nam i n E n these , whe ever possible , with es other glish n in An l - a n a and al in cou ties , the g o S xo Ch rters , especi ly ’ ” R m l d Di lomaticus n a n a com e b e s Co ex p , which co t i s lete nd i n final m p i ex the volu e . B I B LIOGRAPHY . C G R OUR . I . ENE AL S ES Abbrevia ti ons .