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.

Wears Fm, Wears Hill & Wears Plants

Other OS name in the Parish of Abbotsbury

Etymology

. , cf. Gilbert le Ware 1327 , William le Ware 1332 SR , ten ' cum cotag ' nuper Will ' War '1389Ilch , Mr Weare 1664 HTax ( Portisham ) .