Coryates
Early-attested site in the Parish of Portisham
Historical Forms
- on corf getes westran cotan, of ðam cotan 1024 Ilch(KCD741,S961)
- le Corueyatis 1473 MinAcct
- Corryatts 1698 SoDoNQ
- Coryates 1811 OS
Etymology
Coryates (SY 629854) [ˈkɔrieits,'kɔriəts], Corfe Gate (or Coryates) 1939 Kelly, on corf getes westran cotan , of ðam cotan 1024Ilch (KCD 741, S 961), le Corueyatis 1473MinAcct , Corryatts 1698 SoDoNQ, Coryates 1811 OS, cf. Coryeats Pier 18WRO , Coryats mead 1859TA .The earliest spelling occurs in the Anglo-Saxon bounds of Portisham, 'to the more westerly cottages of *Corfget ', v. westerra , cote , where *Corfget represents *corf 'cutting, pass' with explanatory geat (gen. sg. -es ) which here has the same meaning, thus 'the gap called *Corf '. For the same combination, cf. Corf (es )geat 16, the lost f.n. Corryate (s ) in Long Bredy par. infra , on Corfʒet in Corscombe par. infra , and discussion in Tengstrand xxvii, 172. The preservation of the genitival inflection in the final el. of this compound name is remarkable, but it was no doubt taken to be a plural -s at an early date. In spite of the proximity of Corton, the pass referred to in Coryates would seem to be a different one; the road from Shilvinghampton passes between two hills just N of here, one of these being Corton Hill which lies between Corton and Coryates. Alternatively, the *corfget may have been a gap in an earthwork of some kind, cf. the discussion of the OE boundary mark ealdan wale under f.ns. (b) infra . The identification with Coryates of the Corfes geat where King Edward the Martyr was murdered in 978, proposed by J. N. Clift in 1907 (DoNHAS 1547), is unlikely on formal and other grounds: the traditional identification of Corfes geat with Corfe Castle (v. 16) is almost certainly correct.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Mystecombe
- Bramdon Lane
- Corton Fm
- Cuckoo's Hill
- Goose Hill Ctgs & Goose Hill Dairy
- Shilvinghampton, East Shilvinghampton & Shilvinghampton West
- Stall Barn
- Uggscombe
- Waddon, Little Waddon
- Friar Waddon
- Hewish Hill
Other OS name
- Nether Grove
- Friar Waddon Dairy Ho, Friar Waddon Fm, Friar Waddon Hill & Friar Waddon Withy Bed
- Dairy Ho Coppice
- Pond Coppice
- Wig Plant.
- Bench
- Benecke Wood
- Bishop's Road
- Black Down Barn & Black Down Plant.
- Brick Ho
- The Buildings, Buildings
- Plant
- Church
- Clover, Clover Coppices
- Corton Barn, Corton Dairy Ho, Corton Down & Corton Hill
- Drift Plant.
- Folly Plant.
- Grove Lane
- Half Moon (P.H.)
- Half Moon Coppice
- Hampton Barn
- Hardy Coppice
- Hell Bottom (Quarry)
- Hell Stone
- King's Arms (P.H.)
- Little London
- Long Coppice
- Manfield Shale Pit
- Manor Ho
- Marsh Fm
- Mill Ctgs, Mill Stream
- Portesham Fm
- Portisham Dairy, Portisham Hill, Portisham Ho & Portisham Withy Bed
- Old Portisham
- Quarry
- Red Mead Coppice
- Ridge Hill
- Rocket
- St Bartholomew's Chapel
- Seven Acre Coppice
- Sheepwash
- Shilvinghampton Barn, West Shilvinghampton Dairy
- Silly How
- Snipe Gate
- Square Coppice
- Standing Stones
- Vicarage
- Winter's Lane
- Dovecot
- Waddon Dairy, Waddon Field Barn, Waddon Ho & Waddon Spring