[Image: Fragment of the Gough Map]
[Image: Fragment of the Gough Map]
The Gough Map of Great Britain
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Full record: Maidenhead
| County | Berkshire |
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| Transcript | mayde || hed |
| Icon description | single building |
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| Etymology | OE mægden, 'maiden' + hȳð, 'landing-place' |
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| Earlier editors | Mayd[enhead] (Gough); mayd/mayd[enhead] (OS 1935). The mayde of Maydehed was seen by Gough and Sanders but the ending hed written underneath mayde has now been seen under ultra-violet light. Maidenhead is placed on the Oxfordshire side of the Thames (Parsons). |
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| Overwritten | partically (?) |
| Attested spelling | Maydehuth', Maydeheth' 1241 Ass ((p)), Maidenhee 1202 P, Maydenhus 1241 Ass ((p)), Maydenhith' 1262 Cl, Maydenhach 1286 ib., Maydeneth 1297 Pat, Madenhethe 1384 Fine, Maidenheued, antiq. nom. South Ailington 1542 Leland; the spellings show alternation of maid- and maiden-. |
