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Survey of English Place-Names

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Dove Nest

Other OS name in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • Doves Nest 1823 M

Etymology

, 1787 ClarkeM , 1838TA , Doves Nest 1823 M , v. dūfe , nest ' nest ' , a frequent type of house - name , cf. Crow Nest (YW ii,186) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name