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Foul Moor Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Abbotsbury

Historical Forms

  • Foulamoor 1859 TA(Portisham)

Etymology

, named from Foulamoor 1859TA (Portisham) , v. mōr , first el . probably fugol ' bird ' , cf. Voullakemede 1376Ilch , Vo (ug )hellakemede 1383, 1387Ilch , Foullakemede 1400Ilch , v. lacu , mǣd ; the lane forms the par . boundary and was clæian lane 1024Ilch (KCD 741, S 961) in the Anglo - Saxon bounds of Portisham q. v. infra .