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MARPLES Family History

Recorded in the spellings of Maple, Mapples, Marple, Marples, and Maypole, this is an English surname. According to the famous Victorian etymologist Canon Charles Bardsley, the surname is from Yorkshire, and not in anyway associated with the small town of Marples in Cheshire. He states that the surname describes one who was resident 'at the maples' and as such refers to a wood or copse of maple trees. Later research does suggest that whilst the majority of the surname holders probably do originate from Yorkshire as Thomas de Mapple is recorded in the city of York, and Johannes and Willelmus de Mapples in the town of Rotherham, all in the infamous Poll Tax rolls for the year 1379.