English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Damems

Other OS name in the Parish of Keighley

Historical Forms

  • Dammemes 1622 ib
  • Damens 1643 ib
  • Damends 1724 ib

Etymology

, 1620, 1649 PRKy , Dammemes 1622 ib, Damens 1643 ib,Damends 1724 ib , possibly ' dam ends ' ( v. dammr , ende ) with reference to a dam in the R . Worth , above which it stands .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement