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.

Stepping Stones

Other OS name in the Parish of Bettiscombe

Etymology

, a crossing of a small stream flowing S into R . Char . TOR , possibly torr ' rocky hill ' , but cf. Hr Tars & Lr Tars 1839TA .