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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.

Dockhole Rd

Other OS name in the Parish of Ulceby

Etymology

, cf. Dock Hole Marfurr 1795Yarb , Dockhole Marfurr 1833MiscDep 118 ( v. marfur ) , Dock-hole Close 1826Yarb , perhaps ' the hollow where docks grow ' , v. docce , hol 1 .