Dunchideock
Major Settlement in the Parish of Dunchideock
Historical Forms
- Donsedoc 1086 DB
- Dunsidioc(h') 1187 P 1219 Ass
- Dunsidiok 1238 Ass 1244 FF
- Dunsidioke 1261 Exon
- Donsidioke 1291 Tax
- Dunchidyoc 1291 Tax
- Dunchidyok 1396 Pat
- Dunshydiok 1297 Pat
- Dunschidiock 1308 Exon
- Dunschedyoke 1425 Exon
- Dounschidioke 1328 Exon
- Douneschydiok 1377 SR
- Donshediok 1370 Ass
- Dunsherick 1675 Ogilby
Etymology
This is a British name, the elements answering to W din (*duno -), 'fort, camp, castle,' and coediog (*kaitako ), 'woody, wooded,' from coed (*kaito -), 'wood.' Cf. Ekwall, RN 77