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.

Dungeley Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Heage

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , cf. Donesleye 1334DuLa , Duneslegh Ed 3 ib, 1415DuLaMB , Dunsley 1415 ib, 1600Ct , Dunsley Hill 1611DuLaSC , perhaps ' Dun(n)'sclearing ' , v. lēah .