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Survey of English Place-Names

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Dungeon Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Almondbury

Historical Forms

  • the Dungion 1631 WB55
  • Dungeon 1660 WillS

Etymology

, 1771 M , woods called the Dungion 1631WB 55,Dungeon 1660 WillS , ME  dongeoun ' a dungeon ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name