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Mill Ctgs, Mill Stream

Other OS name in the Parish of Portisham

Historical Forms

  • Mill 1811 OS
  • Portisham Mill 1860 TAMap
  • Mill Ditch 1811 OS

Etymology

( Mill 1811 OS,Portisham Mill 1860TAMap ) ( Mill Ditch 1811 OS ) , cf. mylclose 1562Fry , le west myll 1563Fry , le milpond 1565Fry ; there was a mill at Portisham in 1086 DB (VCHDo 380) and Mill Stream is to be identified with the starting and finishing point of the Anglo - Saxon bounds of Portisham : of mylebroceon myle broc adun be streame , eft of mylebroce 1024Ilch (KCD 741, S 961) , ' mill brook ' , v. myln , brōc .