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.

Dorchester Hundred

Hundred in the County of Oxfordshire

Historical Forms

  • Dorchecestre 1086 DB 1285 Fine
  • Dorcecestrie 1269 Eynsh
  • Dorchestre 1278–9 RH
  • Dorchester 1428 FA
  • Dorkcestre 1316 FA
  • Dorkchestre 1346 FA
  • Dorcestria 1366 Eynsh

Etymology

v. Dorchester infra 152.