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Dodds Howe

Other OS name in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • Dodg(e)how 1535 Kendii,97 1669 Ct 1716 PR 1787
  • Dogehowe 1714 Ct
  • Dodd 1778 PR

Etymology

, 1865 OS , Dodg (e )how 1535 (1669) Kend ii, 97, 1716Ct , 1787 PR, Dogehowe 1714Ct , namedfrom the local family of Dodd (1778 PR 77, etc.) , v. haugr ' hill ' ; on the form Dodge - cf. Phonol. §25 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site