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.

Egmont Bight

Other OS name in the Parish of Corfe Castle

Etymology

, locally also called Egmont Pond , Cove , Pool or Bay . v. byht , cove ; Egmont must remain unexplained in view of the absence of early spellings .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement