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Survey of English Place-Names

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Dodmore Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lydney

Historical Forms

  • Dodemore 1398 Ass 1559 GR421
  • grove called Dodmor' 1565 ib

Etymology

Dodmore Wood, 1824 M, Dodemore 1398Ass , 1559GR 421, grove called Dodmor '1565 ib. 'Doda's marsh or moor', from the OE  pers.n. Dod (d )a , v. mōr .