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Baiter

Other OS name in the Parish of Poole

Etymology

( TPlan ) , 'common at Baiter '1543 Hutch1 , Baiter Green 1751DROMap , the Baiter 1863Hutch3 , Bayter 16 Hutch3, 1697Eg , giving name to Baiter St. supra and Baietor Lane , Baytor Lane 1607Poole ( now EastSt. supra ) ; it was originally used of ' the projecting slip of land ' ( Hutch3 ) forming the W side of Parkstone Bay , possibly ' rockor rocky outcrop in the bay ' , from bay 1 and torr , cf. the f.n. Wind Mill fd infra .

Places in the same Parish