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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.

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  1. Snow's Down (Other OS name, Langton Long Blandford, Dorset)

    , from the family of George Snow who held the manor of Langton Long B . a1800Hutch3

  2. St Leonard's Chapel (Other OS name, Blandford Forum, Dorset)

    'the hospital of St Leonard juxta Blandford' 1420 ib 1 283

    , ' a ruinedecclesiastical building, now used as a barn ' ( 1861 Hutch3 1241 ) , cf . 'the hospital of St Leonard juxta

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

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

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

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

  5. Thorn Hill (Other OS name, Cley, Norfolk)

    , cf. Thornham Eye 38Eliz B