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Dowse Green

Other OS name in the Parish of Malpas

Historical Forms

  • Dowse Greene 1730 ib
  • Douse Greene 1668–71 Sheaf
  • Dousd Greene, Dousd Fields 1670 Chol
  • the three Dowse Feilds, the three Dowse Fields 1699,1717,1730 ib

Etymology

, 1717Chol , Dowse Greene 1730ib , Douse Greene 1668–71 Sheaf, Dousd Greene , Dousd Fields 1670Chol , the three Dowse Feilds , the three Dowse Fields 1699, 1717, 1730ib , ' pleasant green ' , from douce ' sweet, pleasant ' , and grēne 2 , with feld .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site