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.

Dowthorpe Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Swine

Historical Forms

  • Duuetorp 1086 DB
  • Douuethorpe c.1265 KF
  • Duuestorp 1202 FF 1246 Ass
  • Dobthorp (sic) 1308 BevAct
  • Douthorp 1348 Ipm
  • Dowthorp(e) 1568,1583 FF 1611 YAJxi
  • Dothorpp 1650 ParlSurv

Etymology

'Dufa 's hamlet,' from the common ODan  nickname Duva , Dan  Due , as in the Dan place-name Durup , and þorp .