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Survey of English Place-Names

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Dunston

Major Settlement in the Parish of Penkridge

Historical Forms

  • Dunestone 1086 DB
  • Duneston 1201 Cur 1236,1242 Fees 1271 Ass 1274 Banco 13th StThomas 1285 FA 1372 Ch
  • Doneston 1201 Cur 1242 Fees 1285 FA 1286 For 1294,1297 Banco 1372 Ch
  • Donneston 1273 Banco
  • Donston(e) 1272 FF 1332 SR 1390 Pat 1403 IpmR 1419 CoramR 1587 Survey
  • Dunstone 1281to1413 Cor
  • Dunstane 1367 Pat 1462 IpmR
  • Dunson 1552 FF
  • Dunston 1220 Cur 1231 MRA 1261 PenkridgeInq 1271 Ass c.1291 Tax 1316 FA 1322 CoramR 1332 SR 1337 Pat 1398 Ct 1564 FF 1568 Pat 1657 Comm 1695 Morden 1834 O

Etymology

'Dunn's farmstead', v. tūn , as in Dunstan Land Nf. For the n. Dun (n ), v. Redin 12.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site