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.

Main Channel

Other OS name in the Parish of Arne

Historical Forms

  • Great Channell 17 DROMap

Etymology

, 1811 OS , Great Channell 17DROMap , the largest channel in Poole Harbour , cf. Middle Channel infra ; alternatively known as the Swatchway 1882 Robinson , v. swatchway .