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Survey of English Place-Names

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Lawford Sheard Gate

Other OS name in the Parish of Tyneham

Etymology

, at a point where the track running along the Purbeck ridge was crossed by one from Tyneham where the ford may have been ; the first el . may be hlāw ' hill, tumulus ' , v. ford , sceard ' cleft, gap ' , cf. Alms GroveGate supra .