English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Dittisham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Dittisham

Historical Forms

  • Didasam 1086 DB
  • Didisham 1230 P 1285 FA
  • Didesham 1276 Ipm 1285 Ass 1303,1316 FA
  • Dydesham 1281 Ass 1291 Tax 1297 Pat
  • Dydsaham 1263 Exon
  • Diddesham 1238 Ass
  • Dyteshamme 1340 Ass
  • Dytsham 1577 Saxton
  • Dedishome 1462 Pat
  • Detysham 1465 Pat

Etymology

'Dyddi 's ham(m).' Cf. Didsbury (PN La 31).

Places in the same Parish