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.

Dockentail

Other OS name in the Parish of Dewsbury

Historical Forms

  • Dochentail 1705 Arm

Etymology

, 1789 PRHtsd , Dochentail 1705 Arm , from dial . docken ' a dock ' , tægl ' a tail of land ' .