Etymology

Dumbleton

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0136). Full definition →

Old English dumbel
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  1. Old English · derived fromdumbel“shady hollow”
  2. English todayDumbleton

From Old English dumbel (“shady hollow”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

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