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.

Quarry

Other OS name in the Parish of Portisham

Etymology

( near Waddon Spring infra ) , cf. terr ' iuxta le quarre (de Waddon ')1400Ilch , Wadon Quare 1566 DorR , Quarre ,(Under ) Old Quarre 18WRO , Quarr Furlong 1764EnclA , Quarry (Fd )1859TA , v. quarre , Waddon supra .