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.
Survey of English place-names
Home
Search
Browse
About
Home
/
Browse
/
Dorset
/
Sherborne Hundred
/
Beer Hackett
/
Beer Hackett
/
Claypits Fm, Claypits Lane
Claypits Fm, Claypits Lane
Other OS name in the Parish of Beer Hackett
Historical Forms
Clay Pit
1839
TA
Etymology
,
Clay
Pit
1839
TA
, cf.
Clay
Hill
ib
.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Knighton
Sputel
Tibble's Copse, Tibble's Lane
Trill Fm, Trill Ho
Other OS name
Alcroft Copse
Higher Fm
Knighton Cmn, Knighton Hill (Copse), Knighton Lane
Lower Fm
Lower Wd
St Michael's Church
Redstall Copse
Major Settlement
Beer Hackett