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Survey of English Place-Names

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Duckintree

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Historical Forms

  • Dowkantre 1425 BrStAcct
  • Duckin(g)tree 1608,1618 FF
  • Duckentree 1829 Dir

Etymology

, Dowkantre 1425BrStAcct 1d, Duckin (g )tree 1608, 1618FF , Duckentree 1829Dir , Professor Dickins suggests ' ducking-beam ' ( the plank of a cucking - stool ) ; it is on Kaber Rigg Sike , v. trēow ' tree, beam ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site