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NOTES AND QUERIES. ti2s.v.DKc., 1019.

MARAZION (12 S. v. 292). During last

'October ' Under the Clock ' in The Daily

News contained several paragraphs on this

subject, only one of which I have rescued

from destruction, I think it was the last :

"The Ma r azion mystery is clearing: nn very nicely. The alternative name, Market Jew, it seems, is the corruption of a Cornish form of Mara- zion (markets), which sounded nearly like Market Jew. Doubtless our mediaeval predecessors were misled, like us, by thinking that the ending was zion, whereas it is ion. The proverb 'Sitting in his own light likp the Mayor of Market Jew' refers to the fact that the main window of the Council chamber is directly behind the Mayor's seat."

A. T. W.

Johnston's ' Place-names of England and Wales ' gives the following dates and variants of this name : 1250, Marhasgon ; 1309, Marhasyon ; 1313, Marhasion ; c. 1470, Markysowe, Marchasyowe ; c. 1540, Leland, Markesju ; 1595, Marghas-iewe (often to-day " Market Jew," a curious example of popular etymology). The name is Cornish, marhas diow (Fr. de yew], "market on Thursday." But diow must have had an older form dion. ARCHIBALD SPARKE.

The origin of this place-name is discussed by Mr. J. Ho.rris Stone on pp. 218-222 of his
 * England's Riviera.'

In vol. Ixxxv. of " The Homeland Hand- books," being ' Penzance and the Land's End District,' at p. 71 the "editors," Messrs. J. B. Cornish and J. A. D. Bridger,
 * state :

"The name is derived from the Cornish words

Marhas, a market, and vean, little There are

records of no fewer than sixty-six different spel- lings of the two names."

JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT.

[MB. W. AVER, MR. N. W. HILL, and MR. C. H. PARRY also thanked for replies.]

FIELD -NAMES (12 S. v. 208). It is curious how in Wessex names are duplicated. Thus

dhurn, Hants ; Churn, Berks ; Sparsholt,

Berks ; ditto Hants, Easton, Avington, &c.

AfJer a careful inquiry in Berks I found

'field-names to be of Saxon origin, and half


 * from owners.

In the list given I believe the following to be surnames of owners : Vallard, Spence, Hyeth (Wyeth ?), Kent (Anmary), Evence (Evans), but really to discover the same fields should be searched for in older deeds. I wai once puzzled with "Harry George" as a field -name, but traced it back to " Heriot's Edge." Another field, Pollards {Pollentines later), became part of Valen-

. tine's Farm, sixteenth century.

" Lanmer " is, of course, Lammashands ; " Lady " was probably convent-owned ; " Fulin " probably refers to the cloth trade : " Hamble " is a river-name in Hants, and the names of streams are often only pre- served in field-names. " Harmage " and " Harrage " are identical. Has it any con- nexion with " Hareway " ? Lost manors also may be discovered by field-names. A few other likely Ans;lo- Saxon derivation-; are added :

Bunca*. Bunkers.

Chin acre. Chunk, a slice.

Clan. Clane, dean.

Couthy. Coathev, rotten sheep.

Caterwise. Diagonal.

Clump. Clumpet, a clod of earth.

Dawser. Dewy, velt, low-lying.

Fulin. Fuling in wool making.

Gallega. Galley = to frighten awey.

Hackthorn. Haw thorn, from hag or haw

Hatback Hat, a ring or clump of trees.

Kilhorse is kiln house.

Lampacie. Perhaps left to prove altar light.

Lanmer. Lam mas.

1'eart. Flourishing.

Ponfield.-Pondfield.

Bright. Upriaht.

Prockled. Wrinkled.

(Mrs.) E. E. COPE.

GRIM OR GRIME (12 S. v. 95, 137, 160, 245). In the review of the ' Books of the Lewes : the Story of a Hebridean Isle ' in the Literary Supplement of The Times for Sept. 25, 1919, the reviewer speaks of the Norse settlements in Lewis [of] which many a place-name is witness. Grimersta is Grim's abode; Suinabost, Sweyn's farm, and Bernera, to the south, is Bjonn's island.

J. W. FAWCETT.

THE EARL OF BEACONSFIELD'S BIRTH- PLACE (12 S. v. 04). Another claimant to the honour is Upper Street, Mingcon. The late Mr. J. Cordy Jeaffreson, in his ' Recol- lections,' vol. i., states that his uncle Dr. John Jeaffreson, who practised in Upper Street when the village of Islington was a favourite health resort of prosperous Lon- doners, was on intimate terms with Isaac D'Israeli, and that the latter's son Benjamin was a favourite playmate of their family. This Dr. Jeaffreson used to tell in his vigorous old age that Mr. and Mrs. D'Israeli, though occupying the house in King's Street, Holborn (now Theobald's Road), were staying, in December, 1805, in a house adjoining his own in Upper Street for reasons of health, when the lady was unexpectedly seized with the pains of pregnancy. Neither nurse nor clothing was ready for the new arrival, but Dr. Jeaffreson was sent for and attended her