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Dogmoor Well

Other OS name in the Parish of Delamere Forest

Historical Forms

  • Dogmore Well 1812 Sheaf

Etymology

, 1831 ib , Dogmore Well 1812 Sheaf , cf. Doggmare Lane Jas 1Map (LRMB 200) , Dogmore Field 1812 Sheaf , Dogmoor Stile 1819EnclA , ' dog's pool and marsh ' , from dogga and mōr 1 , mere 1 , with wella , lane , stigel and feld . The well was on the Kelsall boundary , cf. 278infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name