Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Duddenhill 1840 TA

• campo voc' Langedodenhulle 1364 DCMDeed

• Dodenhull' 1415 CampbCh

• close called Doddinges 1614 Digby

Etymology

Ditton's Still (ST 592115), probably to be associated with the f.n. Duddenhill 1840TA (the name of the adjacent field), which is earlier campo voc ' Langedodenhulle 1364DCMDeed , Dodenhull '1415CampbCh , possibly also with close called Doddinges 1614Digby .Dodenhull (e ) is perhaps 'Dod(d)a's hill', from the OE  pers. name Dod (d )a (gen.sg. -n ) and hyll. Doddinges and later Ditton 's may represent pseudo-manorial forms of the first part of the original name (for the fronting of o > i before dentals cf. Ditton Priors Sa 1110).