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Survey of English Place-Names

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White Mead

Other OS name in the Parish of Puddletown

Historical Forms

  • la Wytemede 1270 ChrP 1372
  • Whytmede 1539 AOMB
  • Whit(e) Meade, Whitmead bridge 1579 Wal

Etymology

, 1839ib , la Wytemede 1270 (1372)ChrP , Whytmede 1539AOMB , Whit (e ) Meade , Whitmead bridge 1579Wal , a water meadow on R . Frome , v. hwīt , mǣd , brycg .