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Wallsend Cove

Other OS name in the Parish of Portland

Historical Forms

  • (land) at (the) Walls End 1608 LRMB
  • Walls End (Cove) 1839 TA

Etymology

, (land ) at (the ) Walls End 1608LRMB , Walls End (Cove )1839TA , cf. (land ) at Wall Bower 1608LRMB , v. wall , ende 1 , būr 1 ' cottage ' , cf. Bowers Quarries supra ; the ' wall ' is a field wall ( W.H.P.C. ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement