Turford
Other OS name in the Parish of Arne
Historical Forms
- Torford 1811 OS
Etymology
, Torford 1811OS , probably ' ford at the rock ' , v. torr , ford , cf. High Tor supra ; Turford is on the shores of Wareham Channel ( the estuary of R . Frome ) in Wareham par . infra , and this was perhaps a place where the river could at one time be crossed , but there is also a small stream or inlet marked 6 ″ to which the name might refer .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Earl's Mead
- Haymore
- Middlebere Fm, E Middlebere Barn, S Middlebere
- Redcliff Fm, Redcliffe Ctgs
- Ridge, Ridge Fm
- Slepe, Slepe Fm
- Stoborough
- Worgret
Other OS name
- Arne Bay
- Arne Dairy Ho, Arne Dairy Fm, Arne Dairy Heath, Arne Dairy Hill, Arne Dairy Ho
- Balls Lake
- Bank Gate Ctgs
- Bartlett's Firs
- Beggar's Lane
- Big Wd
- Bog Lane
- Bower Point
- Broad Looe
- Broad Marsh
- Brooks's Island(lost)
- Churchill's Ctg(lost)
- Clump(lost)
- Creech(lost)
- Eastmore(lost)
- Froxen Copse
- Gallows Hill, Gallows Plant.
- Gold Point
- Gold Point Heath
- Grange Rd
- Grip Heath
- Halfway Ho (P.H.)
- Hartland Moor
- High Tor
- Holme Lane
- Hyde's Quay
- Ivy Ctgs
- King's Arms (P.H.)
- King's Barrow
- Langton Wallis, Langton Wallis Heath
- The Look Out
- Main Channel
- Melancholy Lane
- Middlebere Heath, Middlebere Lake, Middlebere Quay
- Middle Channel
- Middle Grd
- The Moors
- New Inn (P.H.)
- New Line Fm
- Nutcrack Lane
- Patchins Point
- Ridge Wharf
- Rodwell
- Russel Quay
- St Edward's Ctg
- St Nicholas's Church
- Salterns Copse
- Shipstal Point
- Slepe Copse, Slepe Heath, Slepe Moor, Slepe Plant.
- Soldiers Rd
- South Causeway
- South Lake
- Springfield
- Stoborough Croft, Stoborough Green, Stoborough Heath, Stoborough Withy Bed
- Sunnyside
- Three Barrows
- Turner's Cove
- West Lane
- West Spring Lake
- Withy Bed
- Worgret Fm, Worgret Heath, Worgret Heath Fm, Worgret Hill