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.

Culverhole

Other OS name in the Parish of Branscombe

Historical Forms

  • Colverwill 1330 SR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Colverwill 1330SR (p) . ' Dove spring , ' v. culfre , wielle .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement