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.

Darracott

Early-attested site in the Parish of Georgeham

Historical Forms

  • Dodecote 1302 Ass 1330 SR
  • Doddecote 1501 Ipm
  • Dorracott al. Dodecot 1617 Deed

Etymology

'Dod(d)a's cot(e).' This is possibly the Doda who held the not far distant manor of Saunton TRE (DB f. 408).

Places in the same Parish