Meanings
proper nounDowdeswell (countable and uncountable, plural Dowdeswells)
plural Dowdeswells
- countableuncountableA civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England.
- countableuncountableA surname from Old English.
Origin
From the unattested Old English personal name *Dogod + -s- + wella (“well, spring, stream”).
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