AboutCarol Pozefsky Expertise Etymology: The origins of English words and phrases.
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Question My mother's house in Broadstairs in Kent is called 'MARSHAM'. We woul love to know the derivation of this name.
Thank you
Answer Hello, I hope you are having a fine week,
I wish there were more our research could find about the name 'Marsham'. The only reference we could find (other than the Marsham in Kent which you cited) was on a website dedicated to flying insects, of all things.
Perhaps there is a connection between the entomology and Marsham's etymology but we found none.(forgive the bad pun)\
Here is what we found:
A New Species of Psylliodes (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and Key to the Wingless Species from the Iberian Peninsula
bDepartamento de Biología Animal, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Abstract
A new species of Psylliodes (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini), P. cervinoi, is described and illustrated from Galicia, northwest Spain. The new Psylliodes, a wingless montane species, is compared with related micropterous taxa, and its relationship with the P. picinus Marsham species group is hypothesized. A key to the seven wingless species of Psylliodes occurring in the Iberian peninsula is provided, along with figures showing the spermathecae of all species. Male and female genitalia of P. gougeleti Allard, an Iberian wingless species, are illustrated for the first time.
