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Survey of English Place-Names

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Ower Bay, Ower Heath, Ower Lake

Other OS name in the Parish of Corfe Castle

Historical Forms

  • Owre Bay 1661 Hutch1

Etymology

( Owre Bay 1661 Hutch1 ) ( cf. (Close at ) Ower (North ) Heath 1844TA ) ( 1811 OS , a small channel in Poole Harbour , v. lacu ) , from Ower supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement