Adber

Hamlet in Dorset, England

Human settlement in England

Adber

Adber

Adber

Location within Dorset

OS grid reference| ST597203
Civil parish|

* Trent

Unitary authority|

* Dorset

Ceremonial county|

* Dorset

Region|

* South West

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| Sherborne
Postcode district| DT9
Police| Dorset
Fire| Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance| South Western
UK Parliament|

* West Dorset

List of places

England
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50°58′48″N 2°34′28″W﻿ / ﻿50.98000°N 2.57444°W﻿ / 50.98000; -2.57444

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 Ēata 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

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1. ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
2. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 183 Yeovil & Frome (Shaftesbury & Shepton Mallet) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2011. ISBN 9780319228616.
3. ^ Professor J.J.N.Palmer. "Open Doomsday: Adber". Anna Powell-Smith. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
4. ^ "Adber". Key to English Place Names. University of Nottingham. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
5. ^ Hart, J.W. (2020). "The Changing Boundaries of Somerset" (PDF). Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society. p. 167. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
6. ^ "National Gazetteer (1868) - Trent". GENUKI. Retrieved 12 February 2025.

## External links

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* Media related to Adber at Wikimedia Commons
* Adber in the Domesday Book

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