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To: Unam Sanctam

In what way?


42 posted on 06/04/2011 11:02:24 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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To: SunkenCiv

I’m just wondering about the origin of the place name “Marlborough”. “Borough” is of course Anglo-Saxon, usually meaning walled city, so the question is what is the derivation of “Marl-”, and is it related to “Merlin”? It does seem rather coincidental if there is a mound/tomb that may have been attributed to Merlin, and town’s name is “Borough of Marl.” Marl- probably has nothing to do with Merlin — I am just making some wild speculating here without having researched it. I suppose the etymology could be looked up somewhere.


47 posted on 06/05/2011 9:26:20 PM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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