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.

Dolbeare

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ashburton

Historical Forms

  • Dollebeare 1333 SR 1395–1419 Exon 1422 Ass
  • Dolleber 1340 SR

Etymology

The first element in this name is probably the OE  pers. name Dola , recorded in a Devon manumission (BCS 1247), hence 'Dola 's grove,' v. bearu . Cf. also William Dola and Nicholas Dolya (1333SR ).