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.

Conitor Quarry

Other OS name in the Parish of Wolborough

Historical Forms

  • Conytorre 1388 Exon

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Conytorre 1388 Exon . v. torr . The first element is probably ME  coni , conin (g ) , ' rabbit . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement