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Recorded as Maperteshale in the Domesday Book; probably from mapeltrēow + healh (“corner, recess, nook”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1436). Full definition →
Recorded as Maperteshale in the Domesday Book; probably from mapeltrēow + healh (“corner, recess, nook”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.