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.

Chesil Bank, Chesil Beach

Other OS name in the Parish of Abbotsbury

Etymology

( 6″ ) ( 1 ″ ) , v. 1218 and cf. the bank called le Breche (sic)1636 Hutch3 2724 .