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South Pier

Other OS name in the Parish of Weymouth & Melcombe Regis

Historical Forms

  • the south pier or old jetty 1861 Hutch3

Etymology

, the south pier or old jetty 1861 Hutch3 , cf . ' at the entrance of the harbour , on the S side are two jetties , the higher and the lower … these seem to have been the old pier ' 1774 Hutch1 1408 ; for other piers at the harbour entrance , cf. Pile Pier supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement