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Other OS name in the Parish of Worth Matravers
Historical Forms
- Nicholesdon 1306 ChrP 1372
- Old Nicholas Down, New Nicholas Down 1840 TA
Etymology
( local , SY 981771 ) , Nicholesdon 1306 (1372) ChrP ,Old Nicholas Down , New Nicholas Down 1840TA , perhaps ' the hill of St Nicholas ' , to whom the church is dedicated , v. St Nicholas's Church infra , dūn , but a pers. n. or surname Nichol is a possible alternative for the first el . ; Nic ( h ) ol was the usual vernacular form of Lat Nicolaus .
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
- Emmetts Hill
- 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
- North Hill
- Pier Bottom
- Primrose Hill
- Ring-Bum Gdns
- Rookery
- St Nicholas's Church