Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Doddecote c.1130 Cott.Faust.Bviii 1479 Court 1260

• Doddecota in Feld 1266 Dugd 1331

• boscus de Dodcote c.1130 Cott.Faust.Bviii 1479

• Dodcote 1437,1560 Sheaf 1882 Orm2

• Dodcott Wood c.1130 Sheaf328 18

• Dodcott 1664 Wil

• Dodcott Hall 1831 Bry

• Dodcott Field, Dodcott Green, Dodcott Heys 1842 TA

• Dodcot 1535 VE 1621 Orm2 1656

• the grange called Dodcot 1581 Sheaf

• Dodcothey 1538 1581 ib

• Dodcothaye c.1550 Surv

• Dodcotte(hey) 1547 MinAcct

• Dodcoat 1724 NotCestr

• Dottecote 12 Dugdv326

• Dodecote 1201 Sheaf 1253 Ch 1291 Dugd

• graungia de Dedcott 1535 VE

• Dodicot in Wilksley 1727 Sheaf

Etymology

'Dodda's cottage' from the OE  pers.n. Dod (d )a , *Dodd , and cot, with wudu , grēne 2 , (ge)hæg and hall . 'Dodcott in the Field' 1266 distinguishes the hamlet from the wood, v. feld . A certain Dot was tenant of Wilkesley infra in 1086 DB (v. Feilitzen 226). Dot and Dodda may have been alternative names for the same man. However, Dr von Feilitzen observes that Dot and Dodda are not formal alter- natives of the same name, and that the spelling Dottecote is due to unvoicing of d before k , and does not contain the pers.n. Dot .