English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Ford Plantations

Other OS name in the Parish of Wareham Lady St Mary & St Martin

Historical Forms

  • Ford 1811 OS

Etymology

, from Ford 1811 OS , on R . Piddle or Trent where the par . boundaries of E Stoke , Bere R . and Wareham St M . meet , v. ford , cf. Ford fd 1842TA , Ford Heath in E Stoke par . supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement