English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Reeds End

Other OS name in the Parish of Abbotsbury

Historical Forms

  • Reeds End Boat House 1863 Hutch3

Etymology

, Reeds End Boat House 1863 Hutch3 , cf. ten ' nuper Johannis Re (e )de apud Crouke 1383, ten ' nuper Matild ' Redis , ten ' Redes apud Crouke 1388, 1389,Redestenement 1406 all Ilch , v. ende , Crook Furze supra .