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Survey of English Place-Names

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to þære port stræte

Field in the Parish of Dowdeswell

Historical Forms

  • to þære port stræte c.800 Dowd

Etymology

to þære port stræte c. 800(v. port2, strǣt, here the Cotswold Ridgeway)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement