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.

Dover

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkburton

Etymology

, possibly another instance of Dover , from Brit  dubro- ( Welsh  dwfr ) ' water ' , but no certainty is possible without material ( cf. Introd. ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site