English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Dobson Mere Foot & Sike

Other OS name in the Parish of Dufton

Historical Forms

  • Dobson maie ffoote 1588 Rent
  • Dobson Mea Sike, Dobson Mere foot 1859 OS
  • Dobson 1672,1708,1710 NWm

Etymology

, Dobson maie ffoote 1588Rent , Dobson Mea Sike , Dobson Mere foot 1859OS ,named from the local family of Dobson (1672, 1708, 1710 NWm118–9) ; Mere is simply a spelling for ModE  dial. mea ' pasture ' , which also occurs elsewhere in this parish ; cf. Seavy Man ii, 13supra .