Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• up on doggeneberwe 941 Glast(S474) 14

• Doggenebeerwe 941 Glast 1338–40

• Doggebery 1270 For, Hutch3 (4 79)

• Doggeburydown 1433 MiltRoll e15

• ij acr' prati iac' subtus Dogbury 1527 Winch

• prat' subtus dagburye 1561 ib

• Dogbury 1774 Hutch1

Etymology

Dogbury (1″) (ST 662052), Dogbury Gate, Dogbury Hill & Dogbury Plant., Hr Dogbury Down (all 6″), up on doggeneberwe 941 (14) Glast (S 474), Doggenebeerwe 941 (1338–40) Glast (64.609), Doggebery 1270For , Hutch3 (4 79), Doggeburydown 1433 (e15) MiltRoll , ij acr ' prati iac ' subtus Dogbury 1527Winch , prat ' subtus dagburye 1561ib , Dogbury (a hill) 1774 Hutch1, Hr Dogberry & Middle Dogberry , Meech 's Dogberry & Frampton 's Dogberry , White Dogberry , Dogberry Gate , N Dogberry Plant . & W Dogberry Plant .1843TA . 'Dogs' hill', from OE  dogga (gen.pl. doggena ) and beorg, with dūn . The first two forms occur in the Anglo-Saxon bounds of Buckland Newton (3 239), the previous point being on doggeneford 'dogs' ford' (3 255). The 1270 form occurs in the bounds of Blackmoor Forest (3 274). As pointed out by Smith EPN 2 134, the word dogga is rare in p.ns. and occurs only once in OE  in a gloss, the usual term for a dog being hund (cf. also Fägersten 199); in this connection two lost names occurring in the e14 bounds of nearby Buckland N. hundred should perhaps be noted: Byccheneburgh 'bitches' barrow or hill' and Hundyete 'hound gate' (v. 3255, 257). The hill here reaches 800′ and is crowned by an earthwork ('Camp' 6″). The ford (cf. also prat ' apud Doggeford 1551Winch ) was a crossing of R. Cerne just E of St Andrew's Church.