Ferne
Early-attested site in the Parish of Wimborne St Giles
Historical Forms
- Ferne 1244 Ass 1280 1296 FF
- Ferne juxta Upwinborne 1358 Hutch3 1401,1403 Midd 1431 Fine 1434 Pat 1441 Cl
- via regia usque Fernwod' 1401 Midd
Etymology
Ferne (lost), Ferne 1244Ass (p), 1280ib (p), 1296 FF (p), Ferne juxta Upwinborne 1358 Hutch3, 1401, 1403Midd , 1431 Fine, 1434 Pat, 1441 Cl, via regia usque Fernwod '1401Midd , possibly from fergen , fiergen 'wooded hill', but more probably from fearn 'fern' in a collective sense 'ferny place', cf. Fern Down in Hampreston par. supra .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Oakley Down & Oakley Fm
- Philipston
- All Hallows Fm
- French's Fm
- Monkton Up Wimborne, South Monkton Fm
- Sutton Fm & Sutton Hill, Sutton Holms
Other OS name
- Corn Mill
- The Drive Plant.
- Monkton Drove
- Woodlands Gate
- Cold Harbour
- Deer Park Fm & Deer Park Ponds
- Manor Fm
- Wimborne Lodge
- Cranborne Lodge
- Maldry Wd
- Nine Yews
- Ninney-Cox Wd
- North Barn
- Park Copse
- Parsonage Lane
- Pert Copse
- Pinetum
- Remedy Gate
- Ringwood Lane
- Gt Rough Copse & Lt Rough Copse
- Round Ho
- The Row
- Rye Hill
- St Giles's Church
- St Giles's Ho & St Giles's Park
- Six Acre Copse
- Squirrel's Corner
- Sutton Cmn & Sutton Copse
- The Warren
- Warwick's Lane
- Wor Barrow
- Barn
- Birches Copse
- Bone Acre Copse
- Bottlebush Clump, Bottlebush Ctgs, Bottlebush Down, Bottlebush Lane & Bottlebush Plant.
- Bowldish Pond
- Boys Wd
- Brook Ho
- Bull Bridge
- Cashbrook Ctgs
- (Old) Chalk Pit
- Coach Rd
- Creech Hill, Creech Hill Fm & Creech Hill Wd
- Farringdon Clump & Farringdon Copse
- Furze Brach Lane
- Glebe Ctgs
- Gravel Pits Plant.
- Hobbys Copse
- Home Fm
- The Inclosure
- King's Wd
- Lodge Copse
- Lower Fm
- Mainsail Haul
- Water Lake (Bottom)