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.
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(Old) Quarry
(Old) Quarry
Other OS name in the Parish of Swyre
Etymology
, cf.
the
Quarrie
close
1587
Russ
,
Quarry
Cl
1838
TA
.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Berwick
Chaldecot
Modbury
Other OS name
Back Lane
Beacon Knap
Berwick Dairy & Berwick Lane
Bull Inn & Bull Lane
Clayhanger
Cob Mill Ctgs
Cross
Hare's Lane
Hazel Lane
Holy Trinity Church
Modbury Withy Bed
New Lane
Rectory
Swyre Fm
Swyre White
Major Settlement
Swyre