English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Abbots Court

Other OS name in the Parish of Weymouth & Melcombe Regis

Etymology

, probably a surname , cf. ten ' Johannis Abbot 1379AD ; however the abbey of Cerne held the manor of Melcombe R . in the 13th cent. (Hutch3 2448) , cf. also 'the house of the abbot of Lattele '1280 Pat , v. court .