English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

  1. St Mary's Drove (Other OS name, Blandford St Mary, Dorset)

    , from prec. V Plant . and . , cf. B Plant . supra

  2. Syke Way (Other OS name, Earls Barton, Northamptonshire)

    Sike Gutter 1740 Terrier

    ( B ) . Cf. Sike Gutter 1740Terrier , v. sic

  3. The Belt (Other OS name, Blandford St Mary, Dorset)

    , v. belt . B Plant . , like V Plant . and Y Plant . infra , named from its shape