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Snag Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Corfe Castle

Etymology

, perhaps ModE  snag ( NED 1577 ) ' tree stump, sharp projection,obstacle, etc . ' , but cf. Do dial . snag ' the small peabig variety orspecies of sloe ' ( Barnes 102 ) ; the farm lies on low marshy ground in a bend of the Corfe River ; probably analogous are Snag Lane in Milborne S . par . infra ( running down to a stream ) and the f.n. Snaghill in W Lulworth par . infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement