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Survey of English Place-Names

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Ballard Cliff, Ballard Down, Ballard Point

Other OS name in the Parish of Studland

Historical Forms

  • Studland downe c.1586 Tres

Etymology

( 1811 OS , Studland downe c. 1586 Tres ) , cf. Ballard Hole 1811 OS ( caves marked 6 ″ ) , the Ballard Head 1861Hutch3 , Bollard Head 1882 Robinson , perhaps ' smooth or roundedheadland or promontory ' , v. balg , hēafod , but the forms are too late for any certainty . An offshore rock is Argyle Rock 1882 Robinson ( from a ship wrecked here c. 1800 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement