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Survey of English Place-Names

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Downgill

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Lonsdale

Historical Forms

  • Dougill 1770 M

Etymology

, 1865 OS , Dougill 1770 M , the first el . is possibly OE  dūfe , ON  dúfa ' dove ' , or the ME  pers.n. or surnameDowe ( cf. the f.n. Dove slack infra ) , v. gil ' ravine ' ; the same p.n. occurs in Morland (ii, 144) and Stainmore (ii, 76infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site