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.

Dowland

Major Settlement in the Parish of Dowland

Historical Forms

  • Duvelanda 1086 DB
  • Duhelanda 1173–5 Ch 1329
  • Duelonde 1269 Exon 1316 FA
  • Dugheland' 1242 Fees778
  • Dughelond 1346 FA
  • Doughelonde 1291 Tax
  • Duuland 1266 Pat
  • Duylond 1340 SR
  • Doweland 1428 FA

Etymology

v. Dolton supra 366.

Places in the same Parish