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Survey of English Place-Names

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Dunston Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Scothern

Historical Forms

  • Dunstanhil Hy2 Barl Ed1
  • Dunstow Hill 1710 Terrier

Etymology

1629BS , 1842 White , Dunstanhil Hy2 (Ed1) Barl ,Dunstow Hill 1710Terrier , ' hill named Dunstān ' , v. hyll , the hill - name having the sense ' stone, rock on a low hill in open country ' , v. dūn , stān , and cf. the discussion of dūn in LPN 164 – 73 .