Monument record MDO32639 - Warren, Wareham, Wareham Town

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A rabbit warren SE of Wareham is suggested by a place-name.

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The name Conniger Lane marked on the OS 1st edn 25in map (1889-90) (1) adjacent to St Mary's church, Wareham, and a number of earlier field names containing similar place-name elements in the same area (2) suggests the former presence of a rabbit warren , known as a 'coney garth' or conygar. The precise location is uncertain.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
  • <2> Monograph: Mills, A D. 1977. The place-names of Dorset, Part 1: the Isle of Purbeck, the hundreds of Rowbarrow, Hasler, Winfrith, Culliford Tree, Bere Regis, Barrow, Puddletown St George. 52. 384pp. 155.

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Location

Grid reference SY 9266 8723 (point) Centred on
Map sheet SY98NW
Civil Parish Wareham Town; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

May 6 2016 12:24PM

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