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Mill Ho

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

Historical Forms

  • molendini aquatic' voc' North Mill iuxta Warham 1451 Weld1
  • the northe myllys 1525 Pars
  • two water-mills, called North Mills, and a marsh' 1545 Hutch3
  • (the) North Mill(s) 1613 Hutch3 1774 Map 1795 Boswell
  • Mill and Mdw 1842 TA

Etymology

, molendini aquatic 'voc ' North Mill iuxta Warham 1451Weld 1, the northe myllys 1525Pars , 'two water-mills , called North Mills , and a marsh '1545 Hutch3,(the ) North Mill (s )1613 Hutch3, 1774 Map, 1795 Boswell, Mill and Mdw 1842TA , cf. Mill Crofts , Mill Ham Pasture 1842ib , Mill Moor 1846TA (Morden) , v. norð , myln , hamm ; the mills were situated just outside the N wall of Wareham on R . Piddle or Trent ; John atte Mulle 1370DCMDeed , molendinum Prioris de Warham 1392ib , and molendino de Wareham p1483Sheen may also belong here , but cf. Wareham Mill infra , v. atte .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement