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Dob Park

Other OS name in the Parish of Weston

Historical Forms

  • Dog(g)parke(side) 1617,1651 PROt 1658 PRFew 1803 PRAdd
  • Dob Park 1727 ib

Etymology

, Dog (g )parke (side )1617, 1651 PROt, 1658 PRFewet freq to 1803PRAdd, Dob Park 1727 ib , v. dogga ' dog ' , park ; a reverse interchange of dog and dob from that in Dog Croft f.n. i , 51 supra .