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Waycroft Quarries

Other OS name in the Parish of Portland

Historical Forms

  • Way Croft Quarrys 1783 Bettey1
  • Under Way Crofts 1839 TA

Etymology

, Way Croft Quarrys 1783 Bettey1, Under Way Crofts 1839TA , cf. Wayhaie 1608LRMB , Ways Close 1839TA , v. weg , croft , (ge)hæg , but some of these forms may contain a surname from Upwey par . etc . , cf. Robert Mulet de Weye 1323Ct , Robert Way 1792 Bettey1 .

Places in the same Parish