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.

Rectory

Other OS name in the Parish of Corfe Castle

Historical Forms

  • Ye Parsonage c.1586 Tres
  • Parsonage 1826 Gre
  • the mansion of the person of ye Churche of Corff 1381 Pitt 16

Etymology

, Ye Parsonage c. 1586 Tres, Parsonage 1826 Gre, the mansion of the person of ye Churche of Corff 1381 (16) Pitt , v. Parsonage Coppicesupra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement