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.

Great and Little Dockray

Early-attested site in the Parish of Woodside

Historical Forms

  • Dokwra c.1298 Lowther
  • Docwra 1449 ib
  • Dockarestrete 1567 ADvi
  • a streate called Dockeraie 1586 CWxxix
  • Dockery 1604 QElizSch
  • Litle Dockrey 1650 ParlSurv
  • Dockray 1770 PR
  • Dockray Yeate 1626 CWi
  • Dockwray- Hall 1794 H

Etymology

In the neighbourhood were Dockray Yeate 1626 CW i and Dockwray - Hall 1794 H.