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.

Dodscott

Early-attested site in the Parish of St Giles in the Wood

Historical Forms

  • Dodecota 1086 DB
  • Dodescote 1299 Ipm 1354 FF
  • Dodiscote 1303 FA
  • Doddelescoth' 1242 Fees774
  • Dodeliscote 1303 FA
  • Duddecoth' 1242 Fees779

Etymology

This place was held by one Dodo (Exch Dode ) TRE (DB f. 388b ), so that the later l -spellings are probably incorrect.'Dodd 's cot(e).'

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