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Survey of English Place-Names

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Duce Fm, Duce Hole

Other OS name in the Parish of Great Hucklow

Etymology

( both 6 ″ ) , cf. Dowse close 1630Plan , with the first element probably a pers. n. of ME  origin, cf. the surname Douce ,Dowse and Dousland (PN D 244) .