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(L) Lemon Field. Robt. Lemon, of Watford, married 1639 



(H.G, i, 217). 

 (0) Lenedy or Lentcdy Mead, 1357 (Gesta, iii, 90). 



Lowin's Field, 1854. A John Lcwin died at Bushey in 1728 



(Eegistcr). 

 Lot Mead, 1803. Vide p. 196. 

 Love Lane, 1854. 

 Mainspring:, 1854. 

 (0) Malls, Malins, Mauls, 1803. "Mauls; clayey, sticky soil; 

 East country" (H.P.); probably connected with malm or 

 maulm, an Oxfordshire word for sandy limestone ; A.S. 

 meabn. 

 Mare Baulks, 1803. "Mare" is from A.S. mear, boundary 



(Old English mecr). Vide p. 195. 

 Margaret's' Plot, 1854 

 (0) Margeholes Wood, 1854. 

 (0) Marlings, 1854. Probably a marly piece of land; cf. saltings, 



a salt marsh. 

 (0) Martin's Field, 1803. A Nicholas Martyn, of Bushey, is 

 mentioned in a plea of 1379 (Gesta, iii, 235). A John 

 Mart^^l was buried at Watford in 1539 (liegister). 

 (0) (Beck) Mason's Wood, 1877. 



Mirgins Pigbtle, 1854. " Mergins ; mortar or cement found 



in old walls; East country " (H.P.). 

 Money Hill, 1854. A field at SwaleclifEe, Oxon, "is called 

 Money Acre from a pot of money found there about 100 

 years since" (Gough's Camden, 1789, i, 295). 

 Morgo, 1803. Perhaps A.S. mearc-hoh, march (boundary) 



hill ; the Icelandic iniirJc is nearer our form than mearc. 

 Mournings, 1854. 



Munn's Folly, 1803. Isabel M. of Watford married 1593 

 (H.G., i, 13). 

 (0) Mutchetts or Mutchins. Eliz. Mutchet, of Abbot's Langley, 



married 1594 (H.G., i, 13). 

 (0) Mutton's Wood, 1877. 



(0) Myrydenmede, 1357 (Gesta, iii, 90). Cf. Merry Hill, Bushey; 

 perhaps fi'om A.S. myre, mcere, mara, Dutch merrje, a goblin, 

 English m^hi-mare ; this class of goblin-names is a large 

 one, e.g.. Devil's Dyke, Grim's Ditch, Hobb's Hole, Lubber's 

 Down, etc. 

 (0) Nanscot Wood, 1877. 

 Nascot. 

 New House. The name occurs as far back as 1659 (Cuss., 



«Cass. Hund.,' 182). 

 Newket, 1803. Probably a dialectical variety of noolcet, 

 a little nook; a nook is a quarter yard land (H.P.). The 

 name occurs at King's Langley as " Nucket." 

 Newlands, 1854. "Land lately broken up and ploughed; 

 Kent" (H.P.). - 

 (0) Nicholas Field, 1854. 



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