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Corn Mill

Other OS name in the Parish of Wimborne St Giles

Etymology

, cf. Robert atte Mulle 1332 SR , unam acram apud Mulepad n.d. (1372) ChrP , Sr . H . Asheleys Mylle 16Midd , Mill Lane Grd 1838TA , v. atte , myln , pæð ' path ' ; there was a mill at one of the manors of Winburne in 1086 DB ( v. par . name supra , VCHDo 3 113 ) , and there is mention of a mill at Vpwymburn ' in 1268Ass and at Upwymbourn All Saints ( v. AllHallows Fm supra ) in 1321 FF .