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.

Dollery Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Belchamp St Paul's

Historical Forms

  • Dolery Wood c.1840 TA

Etymology

Dollery Wood (6″) is doreleth 1181, dorile 1222 StP, Dolery Wood c. 1840 TA. Perhaps 'humble-bee leah,' OE  dora .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name