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Okeford Mill

Other OS name in the Parish of Okeford Fitzpaine

Etymology

, 1811 OS , cf. mol ' acquatic '1315Hen 1 , Mylleyne 1497Hen 2 , molendinum granaticum , Mill Closse ,Mill Mead , le Mill plecke , le Mill Way 1584Hen 2 , Mill Md (Mdw ), Mill Plot , Mill Ponds 1838TA , v. myln , lane , clos(e) , mǣd , plek , weg ; there is mention of a mill at Okeford F . in 1086 DB (VCHDo 373) .