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.

Dawslack

Other OS name in the Parish of Keighley

Historical Forms

  • Hollow Dowslack 1842 TA

Etymology

, Hollow Dowslack 1842TA , ' jackdaw hollow ' , from ME  dawe and slakki .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement