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.

Dosthill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kingsbury

Historical Forms

  • Dercelai 1086 DB
  • Derteulla 1166 P
  • Dercetehull 1195 P 1232 Ass
  • Dercetehille 1242 Fees 1247 Ass
  • Dersechul 1235 Fees
  • Dercethull 1247 SR
  • Dersetehull 1247 FF 1285 Ass
  • Derstill 1273 ib
  • Dersthull juxta Kynnesbury 1315 ib
  • Dersthull 1315 Ipm 1545 Ct
  • Dorsthull 1316 FA
  • Dorsthyll al. Dastyll 1550,1557 FF
  • Dastell 1603 S
  • Dostell 1526 FF
  • Dosthill al. Dostell 1618 ib
  • Dastell 1549 Pat

Etymology

For this name see Avon Dassett infra 267. The last element is probably 'hill,' the DB form being corrupt. In some of the printed documents c has wrongly been transcribed as t and vice versa .