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.

Dalditch

Early-attested site in the Parish of East Budleigh

Historical Forms

  • Dalediz 1210 Pat 1326
  • Daledich 1238 Ass 1346 FA
  • Dalledich 1219 Ass
  • Dyalediche 1281 Ass 1309 Exon
  • Dyaledech 1441 IpmR

Etymology

'Dealla 's ditch,' cf. Dolish infra 643.