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Chillmark, Chillmark Ware

Other OS name in the Parish of Langton Matravers

Historical Forms

  • Chilmark 1571 WimCW

Etymology

( local ) , Chilmark 1571 WimCW , E of Dancing Ledge infra , perhaps identical in origin with Chilmark W 185 , ' boundary markedwith a pole or poles ' , v. cegel , mearc , with ware ' sheep walk ' , as elsewhere in this par . , cf. Ware in Swanage par . infra .