English Place-name Society

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.

Dowry

Other OS name in the Parish of Taxal

Historical Forms

  • Dowery 1831 Bry

Etymology

, Dowery 1831 Bry , ' the dowerplace ' , v. dowarie .