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.

Deyncourt (Fm)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wooburn

Historical Forms

  • Deancourt 1596 D

Etymology

The last trace of the manor of Wooburn Deyncourt, v. supra , which goes back to the 13th cent. (Fees 874). Written Deancourt in 1596 (D) and still often so pronounced.

Places in the same Parish