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Survey of English Place-Names

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Shortmoor

Other OS name in the Parish of Beaminster

Historical Forms

  • (claus' voc') Short(e)mo(o)re 1510,1511 Ct 1630 DCMCt

Etymology

, (claus ' voc ') Short (e )mo (o )re 1510, 1511Ct , 1630DCMCt , v. sceort , mōr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement