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.

Backwater

Other OS name in the Parish of Weymouth & Melcombe Regis

Historical Forms

  • Back Water 1774 Map

Etymology

, Back Water 1774 Map , the part of the estuary and harbour behind the town , v. back , wæter .