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.

Dodbrooke

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kingsbridge and Dodbrooke

Historical Forms

  • Dodebroca 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Dodebroch
  • Dodebrok(e) 1276 RH 1291 Tax 1412 ADi
  • Doddebrok' 1242 Fees786 1249 Ass 1284 FA
  • Doddebroke Borwe 1313 Seld36
  • Dodebrokburgh 1395 FF
  • Dud(d)ebroc 1219 FF
  • Duddebroc 1219 Ass
  • Dodbroke 1257 Ch

Etymology

'Dodda 's brook,' v. broc .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement