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Merley Lane & Merley Park, Hr Merley Rd & Lr Merley Rd

Other OS name in the Parish of Canford Magna

Historical Forms

  • Merly Lane 1822 EnclA

Etymology

( Merly Lane 1822EnclA , cf. Merley Lane Bridge 1791 Boswell ) ( Merly Park 1822EnclA ) , cf. Merley Barrows Plant .1822ib , all named from Merley supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement