Didbrook
Major Settlement in the Parish of Didbrook
Historical Forms
- Duddebrok' 1248 Ass
- Didibroke 1269 Pat
- Didebroc, Dydebroc, Dydebroke 1257 WinchLB 1281 Episc 1287 Ass 1327 SR
- le Dydebroke 1378 Hailes1
- Didbrok(e), Dydbrok(e) 1275 Episc Hy6 AddCh 1588 Comm
- Dodybrok', Doddebrok' 1287 Ass
- Dyddebroke 1316 FA
Etymology
'Dyd(d)a's brook', v. brōc . The first el. is an OE pers.n. Dyd (d )a which is not recorded except in p.ns. like Didcot, Doynton and Tidenham (ii, 43, iii, 77, 264 infra ), and would be an i -mutated derivative of Dudda .