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Daw Lane

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sandal Magna

Historical Forms

  • Dawgrene 1454 YDvi 1576 WillY 1609 Grant
  • Dowgrene 1576 ib
  • Dawgreen(e) 1649 WillS 1656 WB144 1709 WMB 1817 M

Etymology

Daw Lane, 1841 O.S., leading to Daw Green (lost), Dawgrene 1454 YD vi, 1576 WillY, 1609Grant 9, Dowgrene 1576 ib, Dawgreen (e )1649 WillS, 1656WB 144, 1709 WMB, 1817 M, cf. also the f.ns. Daw Pit Close, Dawroide (infra ). The site was near Painthorpe. The name is, like Daw Green in Dewsbury 186infra , from l.ME  dawe (OE  *dawe ) 'a jackdaw', and then also 'a fool, a sluggard, a slut' (cf. NED s.v. daw ), possibly used as a nickname. 'Jackdaw green', v. grēne 2 .