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Survey of English Place-Names

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  1. Harry Lodge's Lane (Other OS name, Gillingham, Dorset)

  2. Harry Point (Other OS name, Studland, Dorset)

    , a pointed mudbank off Brownsea Island , perhaps the pers. n. Harry but cf.

  3. Harry Warren Ho (Other OS name, Studland, Dorset)

    Hery 1340 NI

    , named from The Warren Wd infra which may earlier have been called Harry Warren , probably from Old Harryinfra but possibly from a pers. n. or surname Harry

  4. Harry's Coppice (Other OS name, Tarrant Rushton, Dorset)

    Harris 1664 HTax

    , cf. William Harris 1664 HTax

  5. Harry's Wood (Other OS name, Kimmeridge, Dorset)

  6. Old Harry's Wife (Other OS name, Studland, Dorset)

    , a sea - stack next to prec. , collapsed 1896 ; besides his ' wife ' , other rocks were known as his ' daughter ' and his ' haystack ' ( Robinson 155 )