Alternative medieval spellings Essex Family History

Alternative Medieval Spellings for Eastern Essex Villages

Many medieval records contain spellings of villages that are different from the modern spellings.

In some case the village is not listed but as was often the case at Bradwell the specific Manor was listed instead.

Some of the variations found in the feet of fines and other medieval documents are listed below.

Althorne	Aledhorn
Althorne	Alethorn
Asheldham	Asshildham
	Assildeham
	Aintune
Bradwell on Sea	Bradwell
	Curie ( Curry)
	Dune( Down Hall )
	Pilton ( Delamere)
	Wallam
	Walle
Burnham on Crouch	Burnham
Cold Norton	Norton
Cold Norton	Notton
Creeksea	Crickesse
	Cricksea
	Crikestethe
	Crykeseye
	Kirkseye
	Krikesheth
Dengie	Daneseye
	Dansey
	Danseyam
	Danigeye
	Dansinge
	Danzey
	Denesige
	Dengayne
	Dengy
	Deningei
Hazeleigh	Haileshei
	Haileslei
	Haseley
	Heilesle
	Heylesley
Latchingdon	Lacedon
	Lacendun
	Lachindon Cum Hameletto
	Laecedune
	Laeling
	Laellinges
	Lalling
	Lallinge
	Lassenduna
	Latedon
	Lawling
	Lellinge
	Snoreham
Mayland	Guypesho (Nipsells)
	Mailande
	Mailond
	Milende
Mundon	Eltheneye
	Elteneie
	Iltney
North Fambridge	Fambregge
	Fanbrigg
	Fambridge
Purleigh	Purlai
	Purlay
	Purle
	Purlea
	Purlee
	Purlieu
St Lawrence	Newland
St Lawrence	Sancto Laurencio
Southminster	Siniminstre
	Southmenstr
	Southmenstre
	Sudmynster
	Sunecastre
Steeple	Stanesgate
	Steeple cum Stansgate
	Steple
	Steplee
	Stepleton
Stow Maries	Stowe
	Stow Marsh
	Stow Marish
	Stow Mary's
	Stow st Mary
	Thillingeham
	Tilingeham
Tillingham	Tillingaham
	Tillingeham
	Tilligheham
	Tillyngham
	Tyldyngham
	Tyllingeham
	Tyllyngham
Woodham Mortimer	Wodeham Mortimer
Woodham Walter	Wodeham Walter
Woodham Walter	Woodham Wauter