Horsemill Corner
Early-attested site in the Parish of Bettiscombe
Etymology
Horsemill Corner (ST 396007), cf. Horse Mill Hill , Horse Mill Lane (Copse )1839TA , and the local surname of Roger atte Horsmull (e )1325Brid , 1340 NI (a juror in this par.). This is a ME form of eModE horsemill 'a mill driven by a horse, usually by one walking in a circle or in a wheel' (1530 NED); the 14th-cent. forms thus antedate the earliest recorded use in NED by two centuries. Horsemill Corner is at a road junction where the road N out of the village meets the Marshwood- Broadwindsor road.