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.

The Belt

Other OS name in the Parish of Blandford St Mary

Etymology

, v. belt . B Plant . , like V Plant . and Y Plant . infra , named from its shape .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement