Ditteridge
Early-attested site in the Parish of Box
Historical Forms
- Digeric 1086 DB
- Digeriga 1167 P
- Dicherigga ib.
- Dicherug' 1236 FF
- Dicherigge 1249 1428 FA
- Dichrigge 1276 Ass
- Dychrugge 1283 FF
- Dicheriche 1345 Ass
- Dichriche 1412 FA
- Dichricke 1553 WMx
- Dykerigge 1376 IpmR
- Dytchridge al. Ditridge 1581 FF
- Ditcheridge 1628 WMxliii 1728 ib
Etymology
'Dike or ditch ridge,' v. dic , hrycg . Perhaps so named because the ridge is a spur of land running eastwards from the Fosse Way.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Ashley
- Barn Ho
- Ben Mead
- Blue Vein
- Botleaze Wood
- Box Field
- Chapel Barn
- Charlwood
- Ennox Wood
- Folly Fm
- Grove Ho
- Hungerford Bottom
- Inghalls Cottage
- Kingsdown
- Kingsmoor
- Littlefield
- Longlease Cottages
- Middlehill
- Mill Ho
- Old Pits
- Quarry Hill
- Roadhill Wood
- Round Wood
- Stowell Wood
- Totney Firs
- Tyning Cottages
- Washwells
- Weavern Cottages
- Whitewood
- Woodlands