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.

Dove Sike

Other OS name in the Parish of Great Mitton

Historical Forms

  • Dowsike 1715 PRWd
  • Dewsyke 1848 TA

Etymology

, Dowsike 1715 PRWd, Dewsyke 1848TA , v. dūfe ' dove ' , sīc ' stream ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site