Swyre Head
Early-attested site in the Parish of Corfe Castle
Historical Forms
- uppe on swuren, þwert ouer swuran 955 ShaftR(S573) 14
- Swyer hill 1590 Mansel
- Swyer 1717 DCMDeed c.1734
- Swyres p1795 Mansel
- Swyre Head 1811 OS
Etymology
Swyre Head [ˈswaiə] (SY 934783), Swyre Wd, uppe on swuren , þwert ouer swuran 955 (14) ShaftR (S 573), Swyer hill 1590Mansel , Swyer 1717 (c. 1734) DCMDeed , Swyres p1795Mansel , Swyre Head 1811 OS, Swyre Hill , Swyre Wd 1844 Ta, 'a neck of land, a col', v. swēora (late WSax swīra, swȳra , swūra ), with hēafod 'hill, ridge, promontory', cf. Swyre Head in Chaldon H. par. infra and Swyre par. infra .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Corfe Castle
- Rollington Fm
- (Lt) Woolgarston
- Wytch Fm
- Afflington Fm
- Ailwood
- Arfleet Mill
- Blashenwell Fm
- Brenscombe Fm
- Burberry Lane
- Bushey
- Challow Fm, Challow Hill
- Coombe Bottom
- Fitzworth Copse, Fitzworth Fm, Fitzworth Heath, Fitzworth Point
- St Edward the Martyr's Church
- Westwood Fm
- Encombe, Encombe Fm
- Fox Ground, Foxground Plant.
- Furzey Island
- Green Island, Green Island Lake
- Hollish
- Kingston
- Lynch Fm, Lynch Lodge, West Lynch
- New Mills, New Mills Heath
- Norden Fm
- Ower Fm, Ower
- Rempstone, Rempstone Hall
- Scoles Fm
- Felback
- St Edward's Bridge
- West Mills
Other OS name
- Chaffey's
- Five Acre Copse
- Lady Caroline's Clump
- Little Coppice
- Little Wd
- London Door Quarry
- Long Island
- Long Wd
- The Manse
- Meadus's Lane, Meadus's Plant.
- Midden
- Middle Plant.
- Milford Ctg(lost)
- Molly's Gdn
- Morton's Ho
- Mount Copse
- Nath Point
- Nelson Plant.
- New Rd
- Newton Bay
- Ower Bay, Ower Heath, Ower Lake
- Sharford Bridge
- Snag Fm
- South Deep
- Square Plant.
- Tabbit's Copse, Tabbit's Hill Fm, Tabbit's Hill Little Wd
- Thrasher's Ctg, Thrasher's Heath, Thrasher's Pit, Thrasher's Lane
- Tinker's Copse
- Town's End
- Verger's Md
- The Vineyard
- Warren
- West Hill
- Westhill Fm
- Westhill Wd
- Lower Westhill
- Willwood Ctgs, Willwood Limekiln, Willwood Plant., Lt Willwood Plant.
- Withy Bed
- Woolgarston Copse
- Wytch Fir Pound
- Wytch Heath, Wytch Moor
- Ailwood Copse
- Fish Pond
- Freshwater Steps
- Little Clump
- Nursery
- Scotland
- Wytch Passage
- Afflington Barn
- Ailwood Down
- Almshouses
- Ashey Copse
- Batrick's Plant.
- The Belt
- Big Wd
- Breaches Lane
- Brenscombe Heath, Brenscombe Hill, Little Brenscombe Wd, Brenscombe Wd
- Broadley Wd
- The Bungalow
- Burnbake, Burnbake Plant.
- Hr Bushey Fm, Lr Bushey Fm
- Bushey Lane, Bushey Wd
- Castle Inn
- Clay Washing Pits
- Cleavel Point
- Common Close Ctgs
- Corfe Common
- Countess Point
- Cow Leaze Copse
- Crabtree Copse
- Cross (remains)
- Cuckoo Pen
- East Hill
- Egmont Bight
- Egmont Point
- Eldon Seat
- Forest Lane
- (Old) Limekiln
- North Castle
- Ower Passage
- Parsonage Coppice
- Peppercorn Lane
- The Plantation
- Pound
- Quarry Wd
- Ramshorn Lake
- Randall's Plant.
- Rectory
- Rempstone Fm, Rempstone Heath, Rempstone Wd
- Rickett's Copse, Rickett's Fm
- The Rings
- Rollington Hill, Rollington Wd
- Round Clump
- Round Island
- Rowbarrow Lane(lost)
- St James's Church
- Saltings
- Sandy Hill Fm, Sandy Hill Lane, Sandyhills Copse
- Sargent's Plant.
- Sharford Ctg
- Afflington Wd
- Chettle Wd
- Flashet Plant.
- Game Copse
- Golden Bowl
- Green Pond
- Hr Grove, Lr Grove
- The Gwyle
- Halves Ctgs
- The Hermitage
- High Ledge
- Hill Bottom Plant.
- Hill Coppices
- Hounstout Cliff
- Jack Green's Copse
- Keeper's Copse
- The Kennels
- Kimmeridge Hill Copse
- Kingston Barn, Kingston Hill
- Kingswood Down
- Norden Common, Heath, Heath Plant., Heath Wd
- Scoles Gate Ctg, Scoles Lane Copse
- Shotover Moor