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.

Diggaport

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sourton

Historical Forms

  • Digeport 1219,1238 Ass 1301 Ipm
  • Dygeport 1238 Ass 1458 IpmR
  • Dikeport 1238 Ass
  • Dyggeport 1286 SR 1330 SR

Etymology

'Dycga 's port,' but the meaning of the second element is not clear. Cf. Doggaport supra 95. For the p.n. Dycga , v. Redin 63.