Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Deneport 1086 DB

• Deynport 1352 BPR

• Devennport c.1130 SD

• Deueneport 1304 Chamb

• Daun(e)port(e), Dauen(e)port(e), Daven(e)port(e) 1188 e13 ChRR 1608 e13 Dow 1621 c.1233 AD 1240–57 l13

• Dafneport c.1270 Tab

• Davinport c.1330 Fitt

• Davynport 1441 Cl

• Daueport 1237 P

• Daveport 1318 Cl

• Daneteport 1238 P

• Daneport 1238 Lib

• Danport 1350 JRL

• de Alneport 1242 Cl

• Damppord c.1318 Dav

• Damport 1365 Pat

• Damporte 1559 ib

• Daumport 1373 ib

• Dauemport(e), Davemport(e) 1512 ChEx 1580 Orm2 1581 ChRR

Etymology

'Market on the R. Dane', v. port 2 , R. Dane 120. Symeon of Durham, ii 93, 123, s.a. 920, reports 'Sihtric broke into (infregit ) Devennport ', v. Stenton 329–330. This suggests a town. There is neither a town nor any trace of one here now, and the place was never a borough, but the p.n. infers a commercial centre. It may have been a market-place for a Danish settlement area, v. Sagabook xiv313.