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Duncecroft Quarries

Other OS name in the Parish of Portland

Historical Forms

  • Dunscrofte(s) 1608 ib
  • Dunce Croft, Dun(er) Croft 1839 TA

Etymology

, Dunscrofte (s )1608ib , Dunce Croft , Dun (er ) Croft 1839TA , the surname Dun (s ) , v. croft .

Places in the same Parish