Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Dudinton(a) 1198–1216 Facs H3 AddCh

• Dudynton 1342 ChRR 1438

• Duddynton alias Dudynton 1581 ib

• Duddyngton 1531 AD

• Duddington, Duddington alias Derrington 1622 ib

• Dodinton 1241 MRA 1280 P

• Dodyn(g)ton 1312 Plea 1315 Misc 1531 AD

• Dodyn(g)ton alias Dorungton 1481 Chol

• Dodington 1365 Tab 1663 ChRR 1719 Sheaf

• Doddington 1365 BRP 1403 ChRR 1831 Bry

• Derynton 1380 Eyre

• Duddington alias Derrington, Derrington 1622 AD

• Dodyngton alias Dorungton, Dorungton 1481 Chol

• Dunnyngton 1574 Dow

• Derintune DB

• Derintune DB

• Dorinton (p) 1351 Chamb 172

• Deryn(g)ton (p) 1341 to 1356 Eyre, ChRR, Plea, BPR, Chamb

• Donynton' 1311 Eyre

• passagium de Donyngton 1468, 1471 MinAcct, 1505 ChRR

• passagium de Donnington 1560 Sheaf

Etymology

'Farm called after Dudda', from the OE  pers.n. Dudda , v. -ingtūn .The interchange of Dud -, Dod - with Der -, Dor -, Dun - in some of the forms suggests confusion or analogy with Dorrington Sa, near Woore four miles south of Doddington, (Derintune DB, Derynton 1285, Deorintone 1327), and analogy with Dorrington Sa, near Condover (Dodinton 1198), and Donnington Sa, near Newport (Derintune DB, Derinton 1255). The change -d - > -r - is noted as a NWMidl dialect feature EDGr §299. A form Dorinton (p) 1351 Chamb 172 may belong to Dorrington near Woore, as may a series Deryn (g )ton (p) 1341 to 1356Eyre , ChRR, Plea, BPR, Chamb, but this series appears to be alternative to the Dod (d )in (g )-, -yn (g )- surname, and the Der - Dor - forms quoted in the examples supra are certainly the Ch place.The form Dunnyngton 1574 is identified with Doddington Ch by association with the Delves family. It might indicate connexion with another series of forms, Donynton '1311Eyre , passagium de Donyngton 1468, 1471MinAcct , 1505 ChRR, passagium de Donnington 1560 Sheaf. It has been suggested that this is Castle Donington Lei, which was indeed part of the duchy of Chester, but which seems rather remote from Ch. The reference is to a toll-passage held of the earls of Chester, but it was part of the barony of Nantwich. The passage was reported to be nonexistent by 1471 (DuLaMinAcct 3, 22). In 1311 (Eyre 3, m.ii) it is associated with the surname Bruneshurst , (v. 54supra ), which suggests a location in this district of Ch, and probably on the Woore- Nantwich road like Doddington, v. 148 (route XXVII), Pepperstreet Moss 66infra . Donynton , etc., could well be a form of Doddington, derived from a form Dorin (g )-, Dorung -, with assimilation of -r - to following -n -. It could also be from the OE  pers.n. Dunna with -ingtūn , so a connection of the Donynton ' series with Doddington is not proven.