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Beer Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Melbury Osmond

Historical Forms

  • Hr Beer & Lr Beer, Three-cornered Beer 1838 ib

Etymology

, named from Hr Beer & Lr Beer , Three-cornered Beer 1838ib , cf. D 'no Benedicto de Bere 1243HarlCh ( a witness in Melbury O . deed ) , from bǣr 2 ' (woodland) pasture ' or bearu ' wood, grove ' .