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Survey of English Place-Names

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Temple Dinsley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Preston

Historical Forms

  • Deneslai 1086 DB
  • Denesle 1250 FF
  • Dynnesleya 1142 Templars
  • Dynnesle 1304 BM
  • Dineslea 1166 P 1340 Misc
  • Dynesle Furnival(l) 1303 FA 1340 FF
  • Dinnesle c.1170 Templars 1255 Ass
  • Dynneslee 1304 BM 1309 Pat
  • Dunesleya 1209–35 Wells
  • Dunnesle 1295 Ipm
  • Dynesle Temple 1294 SR 1340 FF
  • Temple Dynnesley 1535 VE
  • Furnival 1269 FF

Etymology

'Dyn (n )e 's clearing or wood,' v. leah . The manor was granted to the Knights Templars in 1142 (Templars 211). Another manor was held by Gerard de Furnival in 1269 (FF ).

Places in the same Parish