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Survey of English Place-Names

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Miles Cross

Other OS name in the Parish of Symondsbury

Historical Forms

  • Mile Cross Ho 1839 TA

Etymology

, 1811 OS , Mile Cross Ho 1839TA , cf. Miles Cl ib , a cross - roads , perhaps so named because it is on West Road one mile out of Bridport .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement