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Creekmoor Bridge, Creekmoor Clay Pit, Creekmoor Fm Ho, Creekmoor Ho, Creekmoor Lake, Creekmoor Lane, & Creekmoor Mill

Other OS name in the Parish of Canford Magna

Historical Forms

  • Creekmoor 1811 OS
  • Iron Mill 1826 Gre
  • Mill Ho etc, Foundry 1844 TA

Etymology

( 1811 OS ) ( Creekmoor 1811 OS ) ( a channel in Poole Harbour ) ( Iron Mill 1826 Gre, Mill Ho etc ,Foundry 1844TA , cf. Mill Grd 1844ib ) , Creekmoor , Crickmoor 1822EnclA , Creekmoor (Heath )1844TA , ' marshland by a creek orinlet ' ( with reference to Holes Bay infra ) , v. crike , mōr , lacu .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement