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.

Dufton Fell, Hall, Pike, & Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Dufton

Historical Forms

  • del Hall 1377 SR
  • le Pike 1588 Rent
  • boscis suis in manerio suo de Duston 1292 QW

Etymology

( 1588Rent ) ( del Hall 1377SR (p) , cf. RCHM94, NWm 116 ) ( 1690Dep , le Pike 1588Rent ) ( 1690Dep , 1704 Terr , boscis suis in manerio suo de Duston 1292QW , ' Duftoun Wood ' 1344 Misc ) , v. fjall , hall , pīc ' pointed hill ' , wudu .