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.

Deer Park Fm & Deer Park Ponds

Other OS name in the Parish of Wimborne St Giles

Historical Forms

  • Deer Park including Ponds 1838 TA
  • St Gile's Park 1765 Tayl

Etymology

, Deer Park including Ponds 1838TA , apparently identical with St Gile 's Park 1765 Tayl and probably a medieval deer - park , v. Cantor & Wilson 8246 .