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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.

Eaton Dovedale

Early-attested site in the Parish of Doveridge

Historical Forms

  • Aitun 1086 DB
  • Eyton(e) 1275 RH 1276 FF 1298 Ipm 1330 Ass 1346 FA 1513 DbCh
  • Eyton (in Duuedale) 1296 Abbr
  • Eyton in Douvesdale 1300 Cl
  • Eyton in Douuedale 1330 Ass
  • Eyton in Dofedale 1460 Fine
  • Eyton in Dowvedale 1502 Ipm
  • Eyton (super Douve) 1328 SR
  • Eyton super Doue 1369 Cor
  • Eyton super Douue 1381 WollCh
  • Eaton 1577 Saxton 1610 Speed

Etymology

'Farm in low-lying land by the river (Dove)', v. ēg , tūn . Cf. Dovedale supra 398.