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Survey of English Place-Names

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Dunham Woodhouses, Woodhouse Lane

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bowdon

Historical Forms

  • (Dunham) Wod(d)ehouse 1522 ChEx
  • (Dunham) Wod(d)ehowse(s), (Dunham) Woodhouse(s) 1535 Plea 1547 Orm2 1559,1601 ChRR

Etymology

Dunham Woodhouses, Woodhouse Lane (101–7287), (Dunham ) Wod (d )ehouse 1522ChEx , (Dunham ) Wod (d )ehowse (s ), (Dunham ) Woodhouse (s )1535 Plea, 1547 Orm2, 1559, 1601 ChRR, 'house(s) at a wood', v. wudu , hūs .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site