Dovercourt
Major Settlement in the Parish of Dovercourt
Historical Forms
- (æt) Douorcortae c.1000 ASWills 11th
- Douercourt t.Hy1 Colne
- Druurecurt (sic) 1086 DB
- Duuercurt 1100–35 Abingdon 1185 RotDom
- Duurecurt 1100–35,1114–22 Colne
- Dovencurt 1198 CurR
- Dover(e)c(o)urt 1238 FF 1283 Pat
- Vercourt 1399 Pat
- Dovecourt 1536 LP
- Dovercot 1654 Indexvi
Etymology
The first element is a well-known British word for water . Cf. Welsh dwfr . v. IPN 20, 24, and cf. Dover (K) and Doverdale (PN Wo 239). Dover would be originally the name of a stream, presumably that flowing past Great Oakley and Ramsey. The second element is probably the OE word corte , found once in a Kentish charter (KCD 1363), to which Wallenberg calls attention (PN K 95). Its sense is obscure. It may be related to Lat. curtus , hence 'piece of land cut off' or the like, but no certainty is possible.