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.

Dainton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ipplepen

Historical Forms

  • (to) Doddingtune, (æt) Doddintune 956 BCS952 13th
  • Dodinton(e) 1249 Ass 1275 FF
  • Doyngton 1558 Ct
  • Doington 1754 Recov
  • Doington oth. Daington 1797 Recov

Etymology

'Dodda 's farm,' v. ingtun .