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Survey of English Place-Names

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Dove Crag

Other OS name in the Parish of Barton

Historical Forms

  • Douekrag, Douegrake 1275 Ch

Etymology

, 13 CW xviii, 151 , Douekrag , Douegrake 1275 Ch , ' rock haunted bypigeons ' , v. dūfe , cragge .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name