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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.

Dart Raffe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Witheridge

Historical Forms

  • Derta 1086 DB
  • Derth' 1242 Fees774,787
  • Derte Rauf 1329 Ass
  • Dertre 1359 ADvi

Etymology

Ralph de Derth ' held the manor in 1242.