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Inmosthay Quarries

Other OS name in the Parish of Portland

Historical Forms

  • Inmost Haye 1582 WeyR
  • Inmost Haie, Inmust(e) Haie, Inmust(e) haye 1608 LRMB

Etymology

, Inmost Haye 1582 WeyR, Inmost Haie , Inmust (e ) Haie , Inmust (e ) haye 1608LRMB , ' enclosure furthest in(land) ' , v. inmost , (ge)hæg .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement