Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• (æt) Ducemannestune c.1002 ASWills c.1100

• Dochemanestun 1086 DB

• Duchemanetun c.1160 BMFac

• Duk(e)mantun(e), Ducman(e)tun(e), Duck(e)mantun(e), Duck(e)manton(e) Hy2 WollCh 1185 Templars 1194 P 1199 ChR c.1200 WollCh

• Duck(e)manton(e) alias Dugmanton 1585 FF

• Duck(e)monton(e) c.1258 RegAnt 1321 Halliii

• Dok(e)mantun, Dok(e)manton(e) Hy3 DbCh 13th Halliii 1304 Pat 1341 WollCh

• Dok(e)monton(e) 1310 HarlCh 1326 ShefMD 1334 WollCh 1377 Woll

• Dugmenton' Hy3 Darley

• Dugminton' 1291 Tax

• Dugmanton' 1345 Cor 1346,1380,1451 WollCh Eliz Rental

• Dogmanton 1299 Welbeck 1330 Ass 1390 DbCh 1392 Pat

Etymology

'Ducemann's farm', v. tūn . The unrecorded OE  pers.n. Ducemann may be a byname 'man who keeps ducks' (v. dūce , mann ) or 'Duc(c)a's man' from an unrecorded OE  pers.n. Ducc (a ) which occurs in Duxford (PN C 92–3), formed in the same way as Dudeman from Dudd (a ).