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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.

Mintern's Ferry

Other OS name in the Parish of Bere Regis

Etymology

, probably a surname from Minterne M . par . infra , v. ferja ; R . Piddle or Trent is ¼ mile S .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement