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.

Druidshayne

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bampton

Historical Forms

  • Durantisheyes 1310 Seld22

Etymology

If so the modern form must be due in part to popular etymology as in Druidston (Pembrokeshire) for earlier Dreweston . For hayne , v. supra 129.