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Survey of English Place-Names

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Breadsall Moor

Other OS name in the Parish of Breadsall

Historical Forms

  • Dunnesmor(e) 1290 DbAxvi 1330 Ass
  • Dunsmore 1817 EnclA

Etymology

, 1637 ParReg Morley . It is Dunnesmor (e )1290DbA xvi(p), 1330Ass (p), Dunsmore 1817EnclA , v. mōr 1 and cf. Robert de Dun a. 1160 Darley , Hugh de Dun 1269 FF .