Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Abbodestret(e) 1340,1350 Wim 1390 Pat

• Abbot(t)e(s)stret(e) 1407 Wim 1547 DLMB

• Abbostrete 1523 AddCh 1551 DLCt

• Abbottstrete (als. Abbottscrofte) 1591 DLMB

• Abstreete 1664 HTax

• Ab Street 1811 OS

Etymology

Abbott Street, Abbott Street Fm & Abbott Street Copse (ST 984007), Abbodestret (e )1340, 1350Wim , 1390 Pat, Abbot (t )e (s )stret (e )1407Wim et freq to 1547DLMB , Abbostrete 1523AddCh , 1551DLCt , Abbottstrete (als. Abbottscrofte )1591DLMB , Abstreete 1664 HTax, Ab Street 1811 OS. The first el. is abbod , with reference to the possession of this manor by the abbey of Sherborne, cf. terre nuper Abbat ' de Schyrborn 1551DLCt , Hutch3 3230; 'street' could refer to the Badbury Rings-Poole Harbour Roman road (Margary 4d), the course of which is still traceable here, but the later sense 'straggling village, hamlet' is also possible, v. strǣt .