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Survey of English Place-Names

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Mutton Cove

Other OS name in the Parish of Portland

Historical Forms

  • Flews Mutton Cove 1839 TA

Etymology

, 1892 Map , Flews Mutton Cove 1839TA , cf. Lur Flews Wear ib , John Flew (e )1608LRMB , v. cove , ware ; Mutton may be an allusion to smuggling , Lur is probably a pet - form of Laurence ; cf. the f.n. Thirtoop infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement