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Prior's Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Pimperne

Historical Forms

  • Pryors Lane End 1814 EnclA

Etymology

, 1861Hutch3 , Pryors Lane End 1814EnclA , in allusion to the priory of Breamore Ha which held land here from the time of Hy 3(Hutch3 1292) ; the nearby pond ( site marked 6 ″ ) is thought by Hutch 3 loc. cit. to have been an ancient fish - pond .