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Survey of English Place-Names

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Kimmeridge Bay

Other OS name in the Parish of Kimmeridge

Historical Forms

  • Kimeridge Bay 1774 Hutch1
  • Boteridge poole 1575 Saxton c.1586 Tres
  • Botterage 1579 Hutch3

Etymology

, 1826 Gre , Kimeridge Bay 1774 Hutch1, earlier Boteridge poole 1575 Saxton, c. 1586 Tres,Botterage 1579 Hutch3 , discussed under Kimmeridge supra , v. bay 1 , pōl 1 ; Hutch 3 1 555 reports that there was formerly ' a large quayor cobb ' here .