West Fossil Dairy, West Fossil Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Chaldon Herring
Historical Forms
- Foresteshull 1227 FF
- Forsteshull 1254 1280 Ch
- Forsteshill 1288 Ass
- Forstehull 1280 Ch
- Forteshull 1227 FF 1280 Ch
- Fortishull 1288 Ass
- Forshull(e) 1244 Ass 1275 RH 1279 FF 1300 Ipm 1484 MinAcct
- Westforshull(e) 1404,1475 Weld1
- Westforeshull 1319 Pat
- Forshill 1329 1437 Weld1 1469 MinAcct
- West Forshill 1443 Weld1 1461 Rent
- Forsshull 1408,1413 Weld1
- West Forsehill 1535 VE
- Furshyll 1435 Weld1
- Fosthell 1589 Comm
- Fossell 1705 Weld1
- Lr & Middle Fossill 1811 OS
- Foss(hi)ll Fm 1865 Weld1
- Fossill Hill 1841 TA
Etymology
Probably 'hill called Forst ' ('the ridge'), v. forst (gen.sg. -es ), hyll , cf. Forest Hill O 171, Furzehill W 245, Frosthills Wt 283, as first suggested by Tengstrand MN 100–1; alternatively, as Professor Löfvenberg points out, the first el. may be an OE pers.n. Forst , originally a byname, v. Tengvik 376, Reaney 126. The hill itself is called Fossill Hill in 1841TA . West in relation to East Fossil in Winfrith N. par. infra , v. west ; some of the early forms cited above may strictly belong there. In 1811 OS West Fossil Dairy is called Lower Fossill , West Fossil Farm is Middle Fossill .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Bat's Head
- Bat's Hole
- Beaufort Fm
- Bush Barrow
- Butter Rock
- The Calf
- Chaldon Down, Chaldon Down Bldgs
- East Chaldon Fms, West Chaldon Fms
- High Chaldon
- (Old) Chalk Pit
- Chapel
- Chideock Fm
- Clayland Coppice
- Coastguard Station
- The Cow
- Cross
- (Old) Down Barn
- Five Marys
- Ford's Barn
- Gostelowes Fm
- Great Coppice
- Hill Barn
- The Hut Dairy
- Lord's Barrow
- The Manor Ho
- Middle Bottom
- Newman's Coppice, Newman's Ctg
- Northground Dairy
- Round Pound
- St Nicholas's Fm
- Sailor's Return (P.H.)
- Sandy Drove
- Swyre Head
- Vicarage Fm
- Wardstone Barrow
- The Warren, Warren Ho
- West Bottom