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Dow Crag

Other OS name in the Parish of Brough

Historical Forms

  • BdyRy, Dow Craggs 1823 M

Etymology

, ( ye Bought of ) Dowerag 1687 , 1807 BdyRy , Dow Craggs 1823 M , a YN boundary mark , ' rock haunted by pigeons ' , v. dūfe , cragge , cf. Dowgill (i, 33supra ) , Dow Crag ( ii , 225 infray Cu 391 ) ; Bought is NCy dial . bought ' sheep-fold ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name