Dunbury, Dunbury Lane & Dunbury Leg
Other OS name in the Parish of Winterborne Houghton
Historical Forms
- pasture called Dunbaro 1603 Weld2
- Dunberry(s) (freq), Dunberry Copse & Dunberry Md 1838 TA
Etymology
, pasture called Dunbaro 1603Weld 2, Dunberry (s ) (freq ),Dunberry Copse & Dunberry Md 1838TA , ' barrow on the down ' , from dūn ' hill ' and beorg , with reference to a tumulus ( marked 6 ″ ) on Houghton S Down infra .