Makerfield

English Etymology Recorded by Bede as Maserfelth (c. 730 AD), apparently a miscopying of en ang *Macerfelth. From en cel-bry-pro *maguɨr a wall (itself from en la maceria)The Brittonic Language in the Old North (BLITON), A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence, Alan G. James, Volume 2, Guide to the Elements + en ang feld a field. Proper noun en An <<area>> in northwest <<c/England>>, now split between the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan in Greater Manchester and the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens in Merseyside, both within the historic county boundaries of <<county/Lancashire>>. en-GB Pippa Crerar Burnham and Starmer hold ‘frosty’ meeting to thrash out transition of power The Guardian 2026-06-23 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/23/burnham-and-starmer-hold-frosty-meeting-to-thrash-out-transition-of-power 0261-3077 Keir Starmer has met Andy Burnham for the first time since the Makerfield byelection in what sources said was a “frosty” meeting to thrash out a transition of power. https://web.archive.org/web/20261018122151/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/23/burnham-and-starmer-hold-frosty-meeting-to-thrash-out-transition-of-power 18 October 2026 Derived terms en Ashton-in-Makerfield en Ince-in-Makerfield en Newton-in-Makerfield References