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Abbot's Court (Dairy) Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Winterborne Kingston

Historical Forms

  • Abescourte 1553 Cott
  • Abbots-Court 1774 Hutch1

Etymology

Abbot's Court (Dairy) Fm (SY 866979), Abescourte 1553Cott , Abbots -Court 1774 Hutch1, cf. Abbots Court Down 1842TA , named from the abbess of Tarrant who held the manor of Winterborne Muston q. v. infra from the time of Hy 3 (Hutch3 1148), cf. pastura Abbatisse de Tarent 1403Midd , v. abbesse , court .