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Charlton Marshall (Parish in Dorset)
Formerly a tithing and chapelry in Spettisbury par. infra (Hutch3 3284,
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Mountstephen Ho (Early-attested site, Halberton, Devon)
Whether the family was of local origin we cannot say. The place is on a hill. The form suggests that the name was coined in England and not in
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Paddle Cottage (Early-attested site, Edgcote, Northamptonshire)
“If we can Pad-well overgoe and Horestone we can see;
Then Lords of England we shall be.”
The Horestone he tells us was a famous old stone on the borders of
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All Saints Church (Other OS name, Langton Long Blandford, Dorset)
the church of All Saints, Langeblaneford' 1333 Pat; 'a chantry in the chapel of St Thomas in the parish church of Langeblaneford' 1391 ib; Church Fd 1839 TA; 'the church of Lytelton' 1421 Hutch3; Chapel Cl 1839 TA…
, cf . ' the church of All Saints , Langeblaneford '1333 Pat , 'a chantry in the chapel of St
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Bottom Barn (Other OS name, West Compton, Dorset)
Gt Bottom Fd, Long Bottom Grd, Bottom Mead 1841 ib
, cf. Gt Bottom Fd , Long Bottom Grd , Bottom Mead 1841ib , v. botm , cf. Combe in f. ns . ( b ) infra
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Chalk Pit (Other OS name, Melbury Bubb, Dorset)
Pit Grd 1839 TA; de la Putte 1286 FF; Wollecoumbe 1314 Pat; atte Putte 1327, 1332 SR…
, cf. Pit Grd 1839TA , v. pytt ; earlier references that may belong here are Robert de la Putte 1286 FF ( held land in Vlecumb ) ,
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Charlton Ho & Charlton Manor (Other OS name, Charlton Marshall, Dorset)
( perhaps to be associated with the manor of Charlton Parva supra , cf. Manor Fm infra )
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Charlton on the Hill (Other OS name, Charlton Marshall, Dorset)
, a hamlet only 50 ′ above the village itself
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Clayhanger (Other OS name, Abbotsbury, Dorset)
pastur' de Cleydiche 1404 Ilch
, ' clayey wooded slope ' from clǣg and hangra , but perhaps transferred from one of the several places so called in England , cf. pastur ' de
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Fossil Forest (Other OS name, West Lulworth, Dorset)
, a coastal feature ( v. Chatwin 35 , plate VI B )
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Highgate Wood (Other OS name, Brampton Ash, Northamptonshire)
( B ) . Cf. Hyegatestybbyng 1430 Finch - Hatton . For stybbing v. infra 270
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Horseshoe Fm (Other OS name, Borough Fen, Northamptonshire)
Horse Shoe Drove 1823 B
. Cf. Horse Shoe Drove 1823 B . ' Drove ' is a term used in the fens for a road along which cattle are driven , and for a water - way ( PN BedsHu 294 )
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Kirtley Barn (Other OS name, Cranford St Andrew and St John, Northamptonshire)
( 6 ″ ) . Cf. Curtley Field in Slipton ( 1771EnclA ) , and Carkley Lane 1823 Sale Hill Wood ( 6 ″ ) is so named in 1823 B . For sale v. BritainSale
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Manor Fm (Other OS name, Charlton Marshall, Dorset)
( 2 × ) ; one is near to Birch Cl supra , the other to Charlton Manor supra
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Marshrow (Other OS name, Exminster, Devon)
( 6 ″ ) is Marshbrowe 1611, Marshrowe 1671Recov . The b is probably a clerical error . The place lies in flat land by the Exe
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New England (Other OS name, Peterborough, Northamptonshire)
is a modern district which grew up round the railway works here post 1850 ( W . T . M . )
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Old Head Wood (Other OS name, Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire)
is so named in 1823 B , and nearby are also marked Wold Coppice and Warkton Wold . The meaning may have been ' wood at the head or end of the “ wold , ”
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Oldfield Thicket (Other OS name, Harlestone, Northamptonshire)
Oldefeld c. 1312 H de B
( 6 ″ ) . Cf. Oldefeld c. 1312 H de B
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Powder Blue Fm (Other OS name, Eye, Northamptonshire)
is so named in 1823 B . The NED defines ' powder-blue ' as ' powdered smalt,especially for use in the laundry . ' The reason for the application of the name is unknown
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Rest Harrow (Other OS name, Cann, Dorset)
, no doubt the plant name restharrow , cf. Cammic Hill in B . Weston par . supra
