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.

innan mærbroc

Field in the Parish of Dowdeswell

Historical Forms

innan mærbroc c.800 Dowd

to mærforda c.800 Dowd

Etymology

innan mærbroc, to mærforda c. 800(v.(ge)mǣre'boundary', brōc, ford)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Dowdeswell