Dunge Clough
valley · Cheshire East
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This valley name is likely derived from an Old English word for a duck or waterfowl, combined with a word for a ravine or valley. It suggests a place frequented by ducks near a clough.
Word origins
- Dunge
- Old EnglishAttestedduck's(from ducen "ducks", -ge "genitive suffix")
- Clough
- Old EnglishAttestedravine, valley(from cloh "ravine, steep-sided valley")