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Dudfleet Lane & Dudfleet Mills

Other OS name in the Parish of Wakefield

Historical Forms

  • Dudfleete als. Dudfield 1650 WCR12
  • Dud Fleet 1849 TA

Etymology

, Dudfleete als. Dudfield 1650WCR 12,Dud Fleet 1849TA , probably ' Dudda's reach ' , from the OE  pers.n.Dud (d )a , flēot ; it is on the R . Calder .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site