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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Dunsland Ho and Cross

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bradford

Historical Forms

  • Doneslanda 1086 DB
  • Doneslaund 1286 Ass
  • Dunneslond 1229 Pat
  • Dunneslande 1412 FF
  • Dunesland 1238,1244 Ass
  • Dunsland Crosse 1532 Dartmoor

Etymology

'Dun (n )'s land,' cf. the same name infra 152.

Places in the same Parish