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Tidmoor Point

Other OS name in the Parish of Chickerell

Historical Forms

  • Tidemoor Point 1811 OS
  • (Great) Tedmore, Tedmore Close 1839 TA

Etymology

, Tidemoor Point 1811 OS, (Great ) Tedmore , Tedmore Close 1839TA , ' marshy ground reached by the flood-tide ' , v. tide , mōr , with point ' promontory ' , cf. the f. ns . Tidemoor in Arne par . and Tide Moors in E Holme par . both supra .