English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Friar Waddon Dairy Ho, Friar Waddon Fm, Friar Waddon Hill & Friar Waddon Withy Bed

Other OS name in the Parish of Portisham

Etymology

( cf . 'near the farm house is a chapel turned into a dairy house '1774 Hutch1 1557 ) ( cf. the ferme or graunge of Fryerne Waddon 1563 DorR , Waddon Farm 1764EnclA ) ( cf. Waddon Hill 1859TA ) .