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Market Heath

suburban area · Kent

Old EnglishAI-generated

Market Heath is an Old English name indicating a heath or open uncultivated land used as a market place. 'Mark' could also relate to a boundary.

Word origins

market
Old Englishmarket place(from mearc(a)t "market")
heath
Old Englishheath, open uncultivated land(from hæþ "heath")