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Wytch Passage

Other OS name in the Parish of Corfe Castle

Historical Forms

  • Wych Passage 1811 OS

Etymology

, Wych Passage 1811 OS , cf. Wytch Passage Ho , South Md belonging to the passage ,Passage Ho Grd , Witch Quay 1844TA , described by Hutch 3 1 538 as ' at the head of the channel of the same name … and … used as … [ the ] point of embarcation … for passage by water to Poole ' , v. passage , key and cf. prec. , Ower Passage supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement