English Explanatory Dictionary

Toller Porcorum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY5698).

Word forms

Toller Porcorum

Etymology

Toller refers to the River Toller, since renamed the River Hooke, although there still is the Toller Brook, which joins the Hooke at the village. Porcorum is from Latin porcorum (“of the pigs”).

Synonyms

Great Toller
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