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.

West Mill

Other OS name in the Parish of Sherborne

Historical Forms

  • Mill 1811 OS

Etymology

, 1826 Pigot , Mill 1811 OS , giving name to Mill Lane supra and possibly to be identified with Mr Couthes myll 1569–74Map , cf. Matilda Couch 1327SR . For other ( lost ) mills in Sherborne , v. under Buildings supra .