Emmetts Hill
Other OS name in the Parish of Worth Matravers
Historical Forms
- Emmit Hill 1811 OS
- Emmett Hill 1840 TA
- Emmet's Hill 1861 Hutch3
Etymology
, Emmit Hill 1811 OS, Emmett Hill 1840TA ,Emmet 's Hill 1861 Hutch3 , ' ant hill ' , v. ǣmette , hyll , cf. AmpthillBd 67, C 78 , Do dial . emmet-but , or emmet-hill ( Barnes 62 ) ; it is a large barrow situated on the cliff ( tumulus marked 6 ″ ) , so perhaps the name was jocular .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- St Alban's Head or St Aldhelm's Head
- Weston Fm
- Woodyhyde Ctgs, Woodyhyde Fm
- Seacombe Bottom, Seacombe Cliff, Seacombe Quarry, Seacombe Gallery
- St Aldhelm's Chapel
- Caplestone Ctg
- Chapman's Pool (Ctgs)
- Eastington Fm
- Haycraft
- Quarr
- Renscombe Fm
Other OS name
- Abbascombe
- Black Man's Stile
- Bonvils Fm
- Buttery Corner
- Compact Fm
- The Cottage
- Crab Hole
- Culverwell
- Downshay Fm, Downshay Wd
- Sheepfold
- Lr Sutton, Top Sutton
- Turnpike Ctgs
- Watch Rock
- West Hill
- Winspit (Bottom), Winspit East End
- Worth Fm, Worth Quarries
- Halswell Bars, Halswell Cliff, Halswell Rock
- Sunnydown School
- Gallows Gore Ctgs
- Square & Compass (P.H.)
- Flower Mdw
- Harman's Copse, Harman's Cross, Harman's Cross Rds
- Hill Bottom
- Instow
- Lookout Post, Rocket Post
- East Man, West Man
- Manor Ho
- Mike's Cove, Willy's Cove
- Necklace
- North Hill
- Pier Bottom
- Primrose Hill
- Ring-Bum Gdns
- Rookery
- St Nicholas's Church