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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West Compton
West Compton
Parish in the County of Dorset
Etymology
A detached parish.
Major Settlements
West Compton
Other places in this Parish
Other OS name
Bottom Barn
West Compton Ho
Manor Fm
Compton Abbas
Eggardon Hill, Eggardon Hill Fm (Kelly)
Bests Withy Bed
Compton Dairy Ho
Frenchman's Hill Barn
Rectory
St Michael's Church
Savens Withy Bed
Brow Copse
Compton Withy Bed
New Coppice