from va-ker, the dear or charming place; or from va-geare, the green or fruitful place. But see Magor.
MALYON. From Mullion parish in Kerrier hundred. "As in the valuation of Pope Nicholas in 1291 it is called Ecclesia Sancte Melanie, and in Archbishop Usher, De Christianatum Ecclesiarum, &c., the famous St. Malo is called St. Mellonus, St. Melanius, and Meloninus Britannus, I rather take him to have been the patron of this church, and to have given his name to the parish." (Tonkin.) Pryce renders Mull-yon, Mul-yein, Mullion, the bare cold place or exposure. St. Mellion or St. Mellyn in East hundred is said to have had its name from St. Melania, the patron of the church.
MANATON, MANETON. From the manor of Manaton in the parish of Hill South, which is said to have been the seat of the family even before the Conquest, although the head, Francis Manaton, Esq., some time since removed to Kilworthy, near Tavistock, which he became possessed of on the death of his relation, Henry Manaton, Esq. Cf. Tonkin. The name is probably from mean-dûn, the stony hill. Manaton is the name of a small village on an eminence in King's Teignton, Devon.
MANHANICK, MENHENHICK, MENHENICK, MENHINACK, MENHINICK. From men-winnick, the head or top of the marshes.
MANHANIOT. See Menhenitt.
MANHIRE. From men-heere, the high head or hill; or maen-heere, the high stone.
MAPOWDER. A family that once possessed the manor of Pelsew or Peldu in St. Erme, and also Trenance in Withiel. The name may be connected with that of the
