Didcot
Major Settlement in the Parish of Didcot
Historical Forms
- Dudecota 1206 Abbr, Cur
- Duddecoy' 1208 OblR
- Dudecote 1208 P 1535 VE
- Doudecote 1235–6 Fees
- Dodecote a.1237 PubLibDoc 1428 FA
- Doddecote 1278 Cl 1314–15 AD
- Dudcote 1390 Cl 1470 AD 1481 AD 1517 DInc
- Didcot or Dudcot 1657 Wood
Etymology
'Dud(d)a's cottage(s)', v. cot(e). The change of -u - to -i -, which appears to date from c. 1650, has occurred in some other p.ns. containing Dud (d )a or Duddel (a ), cf. DEPN s.n. Diddington, Diddlebury, Didley; but it is not inevitable, as -u - survives in a number of names listed in DEPN p. 152.