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.

Docton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hartland

Historical Forms

  • Doketon(e) 1319 Exon 1330 SR

Etymology

'Dock farm,' from OE  docce , or 'Docca 's farm,' with the name postulated by Ekwall (PN in -ing 77) for Docking (Nf) and probably found also in Dockworthy infra 363.