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.

Dorridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Chittlehampton

Historical Forms

  • Thorrugg' 1330 SR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Thorrugg '1330SR (p) . Possibly ' thorn ridge . ' For change of th to d , v. supra xxxv .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement