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.

Owre Cmn

Other OS name in the Parish of Verwood

Historical Forms

  • Beuerore 1288 Ass
  • Beverehoare 1582 Hutch3

Etymology

( lost , at SU 092082 ) , 1811OS , from ōra 1 ' bank ' , perhaps to be associated with Beuerore 1288Ass (p), Beverehoare 1582 Hutch3 , which is from the same word with beofor ' a beaver ' ; the reference is probably to the bank of R . Crane .