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.

Weymouth Bay

Other OS name in the Parish of Weymouth & Melcombe Regis

Etymology

, 1811 OS , cf. the Roade of Waymouth 1587 WeyR , Weymouth Road c. 1825 Map , v. road ; the sea here is referred to as in þare æst 978 × 984 (14) Add (S 938) , v. ēast , .