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oð funtemel forð

Field in the Parish of East Orchard

Historical Forms

  • oð funtemel forð 963 ShaftR
  • of þanne forð 963 ShaftR

Etymology

oð funtemel forð, of þanne forð('Fontmell ford', i.e.'ford on FontmellBrook', probably identical with sandford in the Anglo-Saxon bounds ofIwerne M. supra, v. ford, RNs. infra)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name