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.

Damsells

Other OS name in the Parish of Painswick

Historical Forms

  • Damsel(l)s 1400 Rudder 1694 PR
  • Damysellond(es) 1419,1454 IpmR
  • Damysel 13 BGvii

Etymology

, Damsel (l )s 1400 Rudder, 1694 PR 8, p. 33, Damysellond (es )1419, 1454 IpmR , from the surname Damsell ( Reaney 88 ) , as in Peter Damysel (13 BG vii) .