English Place-name Society

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.

Fordmere

Field in the Parish of Shaftesbury

Historical Forms

  • Fordmere 1429 ShaftMR

Etymology

Fordmere 1429(v. the st.n. Parson's Pool supra)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement