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.

Dudley Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Birstall

Historical Forms

  • Dudley 1621 WB38

Etymology

, 1771 M , Dudley 1621WB 38 , probably ' Dudda's clearing ' , from the OE  pers.n. Dud (d )a , lēah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name