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Survey of English Place-Names

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Evans

Other OS name in the Parish of Wimborne Minster

Historical Forms

  • Evans's Court 1593 Hutch3(3232)
  • Evans (manor) 1774 Hutch1(276)

Etymology

( lost ) , Evans 's Court 1593 Hutch3(3232), Evans (manor )1774 Hutch1 (2 76) , from the surname Evans , cf. Edith Evinns 1591DLMB ; it belonged to the Manor of the Deanry , v. Dean's Court supra .