English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Dunsop, Dunsop Brook & Dunsop Fell

Other OS name in the Parish of Slaidburn

Historical Forms

  • Dorsope (sic) 1571 WillY

Etymology

, Dorsope (sic)1571 WillY , named from Dunsop River 212infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name