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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cold Harbour

Other OS name in the Parish of Wareham Lady St Mary & St Martin

Historical Forms

  • North Cary or Cold Harbour 1795 Boswell

Etymology

, 1811 OS , North Cary or Cold Harbour 1795 Boswell , ' shelter from the cold ' , or ' cold shelter ' , v. cald , here-beorg , cf. Carey supra ; it is situated on the Bere R . - Wareham road .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement