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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.

Hembury Fort

Other OS name in the Parish of Broadhembury

Historical Forms

  • Hembury Ford 1670,1700 Recov
  • Fort 1672 Recov

Etymology

is Hembury Ford 1670, 1700Recov ,Fort 1672Recov . v. supra 557 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement