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.

Penns Bath, Penns Weare

Other OS name in the Parish of Portland

Historical Forms

  • Penns Wear 1839 TA

Etymology

( Penns Wear 1839TA ) , named from the Penn family , cf. foll. , v. bæð ' bathing-place ' , ware .

Places in the same Parish