Adber
| Adber | |
|---|---|
Adber | |
Adber Location within Dorset | |
| OS grid reference | ST597203 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Sherborne |
| Postcode district | DT9 |
| Police | Dorset |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Adber (formerly Eatan) is a hamlet in the civil parish of Trent in Dorset, England.[1][2] It is known as Ateberie in the Domesday Book.[3]
The toponym is Old English, from Δ’ata and bearu ("grove"), and means "grove of a man (or the saint) named Eata".[4]
Adber was in Somerset until 1896, when the parish of Trent was transferred to Dorset.[5]
Adber has no church. Until the 17th century it had a chapel, but it was destroyed in the Civil War. [6]
References
- ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 183 Yeovil & Frome (Shaftesbury & Shepton Mallet) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2011. ISBN 9780319228616.
- ^ Professor J.J.N.Palmer. "Open Doomsday: Adber". Anna Powell-Smith. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ "Adber". Key to English Place Names. University of Nottingham. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ Hart, J.W. (2020). "The Changing Boundaries of Somerset" (PDF). Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society. p. 167. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
- ^ "National Gazetteer (1868) - Trent". GENUKI. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
External links
- Media related to Adber at Wikimedia Commons
- Adber in the Domesday Book