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Dawber's Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Swallow

Etymology

, cf. dowbar , 1580, 1601Terrier , Dowebarr 1580Terrier , Dawber 1666, 1697Terrier , dawber 1709Terrier , Daubar 1724Terrier , Dauber Hill 1824 O , Daubers Hill 1828 Bry ; earlier forms are needed to suggest an etymology for Dawber .