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.

Ditchley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Spelsbury

Historical Forms

  • Dicheleye 1208 FineR 1551–2 Survey
  • Dichle 1251 Eynsh
  • Dichlee 1268–81 Eynsh
  • Decheleye c.1260 Os
  • Ditchl(e)y, Ditchlie 1608–9 Survey

Etymology

'(a)h by the ditch': the latter is obviously Grim's Ditch. v. dīc .

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