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Pamphill Green

Other OS name in the Parish of Pamphill

Etymology

, 1847ib , probably identical with Feyregren 1547, Faire Grene 1591DLMB , ' green where fairs were held ' , v. feire , grēne 2 , cf. Site of Old Fair House 1847TA ; two fairs at Pamphill were granted to the churchwardens of Wimborne M . in 1496 (Hutch3 3224, 274) and are recorded in 1518WimCW , 1525Wim , etc.