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Stony Weir

Other OS name in the Parish of Wool

Historical Forms

  • Stony Mead 1843 TA(EStoke)

Etymology

, Stony Mead 1843TA (E Stoke) , cf. molendinum et piscaria de le Weare 1635Weld 1 which probably refers to this weir on R . Frome and to BindonMill supra , v. stānig ' made of stone ' , wer ; for the fishery at Bindon v. Hutch3 1349 ; a similar weir further upstream is described as the Stone Weare round against Bovington 1682Weld 1 , cf. Bovingtonsupra .