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.

Dunsdown Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of West Littleton

Historical Forms

  • Dunsdown Brake 1830 M
  • Dunsdon 1840 TA

Etymology

, Dunsdown Brake 1830 M, Dunsdon 1840TA , probably ' Dun'shill ' , from the OE  pers.n. Dun (n ) , v. dūn .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement