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Survey of English Place-Names

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Dockey Tarn

Other OS name in the Parish of Grasmere

Historical Forms

  • Dockrey Tarn 1749 ib
  • Dockray 1804 CWxxviii

Etymology

, 1737 Rydal Ct 1 , Dockrey Tarn 1749 ib 31, from the local family name Dockray (1804CW xxviii) , v. tjǫrn .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name