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.

Middlebere Heath, Middlebere Lake, Middlebere Quay

Other OS name in the Parish of Arne

Historical Forms

  • Middlebeere Heath 1811 OS
  • Middlebeere Channel 1811 OS

Etymology

( Middlebeere Heath 1811 OS ) ( Middlebeere Channel 1811 OS , a channel in Poole Harbour ) ( on Poole Harbour , now disused ) , cf. Middleburgh Bay 1661Hutch1 , all from Middlebere supra .