English Place-name Society

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.

Dunly Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Waldron

Historical Forms

  • Dunnele 13th Bodl271
  • Dounle 1325 Ipm
  • le Dunleye 1330 Ipm
  • Dounlee 1337 Pens

Etymology

Dunly Wood is Dunnele 13thBodl 271, Dounle 1325 Ipm, le Dunleye 1330 Ipm, Dounlee 1337 Pens. Probably 'clearing on the dun' in spite of the first form. v. leah .