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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Hermitage
Hermitage
Parish in the County of Dorset
Etymology
Hermitage was in Fordington liberty,
v.
1
334.
Major Settlements
Hermitage
Other places in this Parish
Early-attested site
Cox's Cross
Rhymehorn
Rocombe
Other OS name
Admiral Digby's Plant.
Almshouse Fm
Bartlett's Corner
Brockham Lane
Church Fm
Clay St
Frog's Folly Plant.
Furzy Drong
Gunville (Lane)
Hartley St
Hermitage Green, Hermitage Lane & Hermitage Nursery
Lady's Well
Manor Fm
Prince's Wood
St Mary's Church
Stonerush Drove
Williford (Lane)