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Lower Dunsforth

village · North Yorkshire

Old EnglishAI-generated

Lower Dunsforth is a village name. 'Dunsforth' likely combines an Old English personal name with a topographical term. 'Lower' indicates its position relative to another settlement.

Word origins

Lower
Old Englishsituated below(from lū(w)er "lower")
Dunsforth
Old EnglishDun's river crossing(from Dun "personal name", ford "river crossing")

Historical forms

Dunesford · Dunsforth