Duffield
Major Settlement in the Parish of Duffield
Historical Forms
- Duvelle 1086 DB
- Duffeld(e) late11th,c.1141 Tutbury 1154–9,1159 Darley 1162 Tutbury Hy2 Danelaw Hy2,c.1191,c.1197 BelCh late12th EgCh
- Duffeud 1235 Cl 1251 Ch 1269 FF
- Duffeuld 1272 1291 Tax
- Doffeld, Doffeud 1296 Ipm
- Dofeld, Dovefeld 1535–43 L
Etymology
'Open country frequented by doves', v. dūfe , feld ; cf. Duffield (PN ERY 260, 262).