Ditchett
Early-attested site in the Parish of Rose Ash
Historical Forms
- Dichyet 1333 SR
- Ditchet 1789 Recov
Etymology
The name is probably identical with Ditcheat (So), Dichesgate , Dichesyate 842 BCS 468, Dicesget 1086 DB, Dichesieta 12th HMC x App. 3, 14, t. Hy 2 Wells i, 26. The latter is clearly a compound of OE dic and geat with reference to the Roman road from Ilchester to Bath; the significance in this case is unknown. It should be noted that there was another dicesget not far from this one, which is mentioned in the great Crediton Charter (BCS 1331).
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Great Ash Moor
- Burcombe
- Cherridge
- Densdon
- Foxcroft
- Honey Cliff
- Hunt's Copse
- Nutcombe
- Overcott
- Rodsworthy
- Severy
- South Meadow
- Swincombe
- Whippenscott
- Bigbrook
- Bickwill
- Nettleford
- Munson