Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Waymouthe('s) North(e) 1604 WeyR 1614 DorR 1618 WeyR

• (ground att) the North(e) 1622,1627 ib

• the North end 1650 ib

• Nose 1753 Collins

• North Point c.1825 Map

• the (North or) Nothe, the Nothe peninsula, Nothe point 1861 Hutch3

Etymology

, Waymouthe ('s ) North (e )1604 WeyR, 1614 DorR, 1618 WeyR,(ground att ) the North (e )1622, 1627 ib, the North end 1650 ib, Nose 1753 Collins, North Point c. 1825 Map, the (North or ) Nothe , the Nothe peninsula , Nothe point 1861 Hutch3 , cf. the Harbour or Roade commonly called the North Rhoade 1668 WeyR , (the ) North Fort 1653 WeyM, 1774 Hutch1 , the Nothe Fort 1861 Hutch3 , also called Queen Elizabeth 's Fort 1774 Map , Jetty Fort 1811 OS ; derived by Zachrisson EPP 22 from an OE  hnoþ , ' knoll, hill ' connected with Norw  nod (a ) ' lump ' , etc . , cf. also Nath Point in Corfe C . par . supra , White Nothe or Nose in Owermoigne par . supra , v. road , fort .