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.

Warren

Other OS name in the Parish of Bere Regis

Historical Forms

  • claus' in Warame 1546 Lane
  • Rabbit Warren 1845 TA

Etymology

, 1811 OS , claus ' in Warame 1546Lane , Rabbit Warren 1845TA , v. wareine , cf. foll. ; the abbess of Tarrant had a warren in Bere R . in 1402, 1404 Pat .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement