@ArishMell "Arish" is "archaic Irish", or "primitive Irish", in the gaelic language. "Mell", in gaelic, refers to either an ancient version of heaven, OR to a Lord or Prince, OR to the presence of a Mill.

"Arish Mell", COULD be the term "Irish Lord", if that same beach in Dorset was once owned by an Irish Lord...OR it could mean, "Irish heaven", OR it could mean "Irish Mill". There WAS once a mill quite near that beach.

@4meAndyou Thankyou for those suggestions!

The personal name or title probably is so, although the "arish" here might be a corruption of another word.

I think the Mell more likely meant "mill", here. It's a remote spot I have not explored but I believe the valley leading to the beach is dry. The Ordnance Survey map shows no streams anywhere near it. So it is hard to see where a viable mill would have been located. Perhaps a windmill on the hill above, rather than a water-mill. The word "Mel" does occur elsewhere in Dorset and Somerset, likely a few other counties, to mean "mill".

(E.g. Melcombe Regis, Melcombe Bingham - "melcombe" simply being "mill valley", or a "valley of mills". The former's Regis followed King George III visiting the estuarine town to go sea-bathing as prescribed by his doctors. Bingham was perhaps a land-owning family's name.)

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@Abovelimit Pretty good, today, nice person! Helped out a lot of neighbors yesterday, and actually got to sleep late today!

@Tumbleweed when I was doing my greenkeeping course I was told their was such thng as a weed
It was a plant in an unwanted place 😊

@Thevy29 I thought you drove your Thevy to the levee but the levee was dry and you were drinking whiskey and rye.

@TAReturns oh! It's not referring to T&A? 😂

@TexChik No but I like how you think 😜

@bijouxbroussard "Bijou." That's French, singular form of "bijoux."

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@deathfairy
But what does it mean?