Durdle Door
Other OS name in the Parish of West Lulworth
Historical Forms
- Dirdale Door 1811 OS
- Duddledoor c.1825 Map
- Durdle or Dudde Door 1826 Gre
Etymology
, 1861 Hutch3 , Dirdale Door 1811 OS, Duddledoor c. 1825 Map,Durdle or Dudde Door 1826 Gre , an arched rock projecting into the sea ; the first part of the name may be either from OE (ge )þyr (e )lod ' pierced ' , pa . part . of the vb . þyr (e )lian ' to pierce ' , or from an OE adj. *þyr (e )lede ' having a hole ' , derived from the sb . p rel ' hole ' , perhaps with hyll ' hill ' , v. dor , duru , cf. Durdle Pier in Portland par . infra and Durlston in Swanage par . supra .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Bacon Bluff, Bacon Hole
- Ball Stone
- Belhuish Coppice
- Black Rock
- Black Rocks
- The Blind Cow
- Brittwell Ho
- Church Rock
- Dyke
- The Man o' War
- Newlands Fm, Newlands Warren
- Pinion Rock
- Potter's Hole
- Red Hole
- St Oswald's Bay
- Scratchy Bottom
- Sea Horse
- Smugglers' Cave
- West Down Fm
- (Lt) Burngate Wd
- East Over
- East Point
- Fossil Forest
- Old Gravel Pit
- The Hammer
- Holy Trinity Church
- Little Beach
- Look-Out
- Lulworth Common
- Lulworth Cove
- Lulworth Fm
- Mupe Bay, Mupe Ledge, Mupe Rocks
- Oswald Ctg
- The Bull
- Coastguard Station
- East Bottom
- Man o' War Cove
- Norman Rock
- Christmas Rock
- Daggers Gate
- Dungy Beach, Dungy Head
- Mackerel Rock
- Marm Tout
- Mount Poynings
- Old Quarr
- Stair Hole
- West Point
- White Nose Hill(lost)