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.

Derriton

Other OS name in the Parish of Pyworthy

Historical Forms

  • Direton 1238 Ass
  • Dyreton 1278 Ass

Etymology

is Direton 1238Ass ,Dyreton 1278Ass (p) , v. Derworthy supra 153 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement