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Survey of English Place-Names

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Quarry

Other OS name in the Parish of Abbotsbury

Etymology

( marked 6 ″ south of Oddens Wood supra ) , cf. pastura circa le Quarr ' (de Abbodesbury ), pastura circa la Quarr ' (de Abbodesbury )1376, 1387, 1400, 1404Ilch , Redd quarre 1619Digby , and the license in 1350 Pat ' to dig stones in the quarries of Abbotesbury … for some works in the palace of Westminster ' , v. quarre ' quarry ' , rēad ' red ' .