Messing
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A village in Messing-cum-Inworth parish, Colchester district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8918).
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A village in Messing-cum-Inworth parish, Colchester district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8918).
Etymology
From the Old English personal name *Mæcca + -ing (“belonging to”).
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A surname from German.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Messing (“brass”), a metonymic occupational surname for a brazier.
Forms
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- Messings
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Messing · A village in Messing-cum-Inworth parish, Colchester district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8918).
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