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.

Cold Harbour

Other OS name in the Parish of Wimborne St Giles

Historical Forms

  • Philipston Fm 1839 TAMap

Etymology

, called Philipston Fm 1839TAMap , v. cald , here-beorg ' shelter, lodging ' , Philipston supra ; it is by the Cranborne - Wimborne M . road where it is joined by an old road through St Giles 's Park .