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.

Dunham Park

Other OS name in the Parish of Bowdon

Historical Forms

  • parcum de Donham 1353 MinAcct 1362 BPR

Etymology

, parcum de Donham 1353MinAcct , 1362 BPR , cf. le Hegh Parke alias vocat 'le Hegh Shawe 1481 ChRR , Highe Parke 1585 Orm2 , v. park , hēah , sceaga .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site