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.

Dornafield

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ipplepen

Historical Forms

  • Dornefeld 1238 Ass 1330 SR

Etymology

v. feld .The first element seems to be some pre-English word, perhaps that found in Dorchester and Dorset.