For Dadswell there are 150 on Yasni with different names. The most frequently searched first names for Dadswell are: Courtney
Among the most common last names on Yasni Dadswell is on position 4377.
Dadswell derives from the name Dowdeswell, a manor or village in County Gloucesterwhire, England. (1) A Robert Doudeswell settled at Rotherfield, Sussex in late 16th Century and the evolution of the surname may be seen in the Rotherfield parish registers from that spelling to Dadswell. Name spelled Dogodeswellan (2) and Dogedeswyllan 781-798 with variant spellings down through the years. A commonly attributed meaning of the name is 'at Dogod's Well' .(3) Also attributed to a quaint and rather obscure Gloucestershire legend: 'Odo and Dodo were two monks who each dug a well and the places were called after them - Odo's well (Owdeswell) and Dodo's Well (Dowdeswell)'(4) (1)Bardsley, Charles, 'A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (2)Ekwall, E., 'The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names" (3)Smith, A.H., 'Place-Names of Gloucestershire' (4)'Gloucestershire Notes and Queries, 1887' Vol.3
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