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Survey of English Place-Names

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Dunstan Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Burton

Historical Forms

  • Dunston Hall 1842 OS
  • Dunstone 1847 TAMap

Etymology

( 109–321752 ) , Dunston Hall 1842 OS, Dunstone 1847TAMap , cf. foll. and Dunston Hay 1843TA , perhaps from the surname Dunstan , Donston , Dunstance common in ParReg at Bebington 1560 – 76 , Heswall 1714 – 20 , cf. Sheaf3 37 (8114) , but this and Fiddleston and Hampston infra , Craxton 215infra , may be p. ns . in tūn or stān for which no early forms have appeared . Dunstan Fm is on top of a hill , and might be ' rock on a hill ' , from dūn and stān .