English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Blandford St Mary

Parish in the County of Dorset

Etymology

A detached part of the par. of Turnworth (Thorncombe) was added to this par. in 1887, and part of the par. of Langton Long Blandford (Littleton, etc) was added in 1933 (Kelly).

Major Settlements