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Survey of English Place-Names

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Berie Well

Other OS name in the Parish of Stoke Abbott

Historical Forms

  • 'a well called Berie Well' c.1520 Hutch3

Etymology

( Site of ) , 'a well called Berie Well 'c.1520 Hutch3 2149 , no doubt ME  berie ( from OE  burh , dat . sg . byrig ) in its medieval sense ' manor, manor house ' ; it lies just N of St Mary's Church infra .