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Survey of English Place-Names

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Droppingstone Ho & Droppingstone Well

Other OS name in the Parish of Bunbury

Historical Forms

  • the blind will called the droping stonne 14 Sheaf 17
  • Dropping Stone Well 1831 Bry

Etymology

, the blind will called the droping stonne 14 (17) Sheaf, Dropping Stone Well 1831 Bry , ' spring at a dripping rock ' , v. dropande , stān , wella .