Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Dulre 1268 Ass e14 Wim 1310 FF 1332 SR 1353 AddCh 1469,1484 IpmR

• Dolere 1288 Ass

• Doullere 1295 Wim

• Dullere 1296 1468 HarlCh

• Dolre 1302 Wim

• Doulre e14 1421 IpmR

• Durle 1327 SR

• Duller 1468 HarlCh 1774 Hutch1

• Duller Coppice 1837 TA

• Dollar F. 1811 OS

Etymology

Dullar Fm (SY 942981) & Dullar Wd, Dulre 1268Ass (p), e14Wim (p), 1310 FF (p), 1332 SR (p), 1353AddCh (p), 1469, 1484 IpmR, Dolere 1288Ass (p), Doullere 1295Wim (p), Dullere 1296ib (p), 1468HarlCh , Dolre 1302Wim (p), Doulre e14ib (p), 1421 IpmR, Durle 1327SR (p), Duller 1468HarlCh , 1774 Hutch1, Duller Coppice 1837TA , Dollar F. 1811 OS. This is a difficult name. Professor Löfvenberg notes that if the name is of native origin, it may possibly be a compound whose second el. is OE  ærn, renn 'house' with loss of -n as in Dinder So (DEPN), Quither D 216, cf. Ekwall, Studies1 64. He further suggests that the first el. may be related to dial. dulkin 'a dell or dingle, with water at the bottom; a ravine' (EDD, recorded from Gl) which is apparently a diminutive of a word *dul or the like, and points out that there may have been an OE  *dolu , *dulu 'valley' (from PrGerm  *dulōn -), corresponding to MHG  tole 'ditch', G  dial. Dole 'covered drain' and related by gradation to OE  dæl 'valley'. The farm lies at about 200′ in a small dry valley sloping away from a 230′ ridge.