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Dowdeswell
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English
Etymology
From the unattested en ang - personal name ang *Dogod + en -s- + ang wella well, spring, stream.
Proper noun
~ s
en civil parish in dist/Cotswold co/Gloucestershire cc/England. Survey of English Place-NamesParish map
en Old English.
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Dowdeswell is the 7767th most common surname in England, belonging to 831 individuals.
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Further reading
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