Adber

Adber
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 UK England Dorset 50°58′48″N 2°34′28″W

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]

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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]

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