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.

Dorn

Early-attested site in the Parish of Blockley

Historical Forms

  • Dorene 964 BCS1135 12th FA 1346
  • Doron 1482 IpmR
  • Dorne 11 Heming 1190 EveB 1208 Fees
  • Dorn 1356 Pat

Etymology

This is probably a British name, a derivative of the el. duro- 'gate, fort'; Ekwall (Wo 99) notes a Gaulish Duronum in France. Roman foundations have been found here; the hamlet lies just west of the Fosse Way.