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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.

Dowdeswell comb

Field in the Parish of Dowdeswell

Historical Forms

  • 1838 TA
  • Dowdeswell Combe 1724 Rogers
  • the Combes 1611 Rogers

Etymology

Dowdeswell comb(Dowdeswell Combe 1724, the Combes 1611, v. cumb)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement