Dowdeswell
Major Settlement in the Parish of Dowdeswell
Historical Forms
- Dogodeswellan, Dogedes wyllan 781–98 BCS283 11th
- Dodesuuelle 1086 DB
- Doddeswell 1221 Ass 1226 ClR
- Dodeswell 1225,1529,1571 FF
- Dodiswell 1535 VE
- Doudeswell(a), Doudeswelle 12 WinchLB 1221 Ass 1227 ClR c.1240 GlR 1248 Ass 1458 FF
- Over Doudeswelle 1440 Pat
- Dowdeswell(e) 1185 Templar 1284 Episc 1316 FA 1691 PR
- Dowdiswell 1559 FF
- Dud(d)eswell' 1221,1287 Ass
- Douteswell 1303 FA
- Dowcewall 1576 MonLand
- Dowedeswelle 1412 Ass
Etymology
The OE spellings are from a reliable manuscript, and the first el. would therefore appear to be an OE pers.n. Dogod , Doged ; this would normally appear as ME Doud - (with vocalisation of the OE fricative -g -). But the pers.n. is otherwise unknown; Ekwall has suggested it would be etymologically connected with OE dugan 'to avail, to be strong, virtuous' with the suffix -od (of which no examples occur, however, in pers.n. formation in OE); Dr Melville Richards reports that there was an OWelsh pers.n. and saint's name Doged (from a root *doc -) but this should have had an OE form like Doced , for PrWelsh -g - which arose by lenition of Brit -c - (in Brit *Doceto -) normally has OE -c - [k] substituted, as OE did not have the stop -g - [g] in such positions (cf. Jackson p. 251 n, § 137); it would seem therefore that this pers.n. is unlikely on phonological grounds.v. wella , 'well, spring'. There are two springs and streams here which unite to form the R. Chelt.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
Field
- the Acre
- Acres grove
- Ayles wood
- Ball Hays
- Bowsing ground
- Burnt turf
- Chatcombe piece
- Churchill
- Cockshead
- Cow leaze
- Crawthorn
- the Dean
- Dowdeswell comb
- Four days math
- Gastons
- Grindles
- Hannington
- Hawkridge
- Horse combs & Horse plat
- Hunger platt
- Kat 's hill
- Lanes close
- Langet
- Nine days math
- Oakey Combs
- little Orchard
- Ox leaze
- Park
- Parsons acre
- the Pens
- Red wood
- Shaw hill
- Sheep slaight
- Templands
- Town piece
- Washpool orchard
- Withy bed
- to alre wyllan
- into annan crundele
- to byrcsies heale
- les ( the ) Breach
- Broadfeild
- in catteshlinc
- Church hey
- the Colledge ground
- the Colt meade
- the Connigree
- Cutts Lone
- the Downe
- the Driehurst
- the Dry hill
- to þære ealdan dic
- the Furzen hill
- Gaiteslede
- the Gravill pitt
- the Grene diche
- le Greene end
- on þone grenan weg
- the Hitchings
- ofer huni burnan
- les Laundes
- Lott meade
- Lyllygate slade
- innan mærbroc
- Meosglegeo
- in þone mylen pol
- Dowdeswells Mill
- Moore Lane
- the newe Tynings
- the paddocke
- to pican stapele
- to þære port stræte
- the Quarre
- Rindburna
- Salt Lane
- to sceapan ecge
- Shacom hill
- the Sheep haie
- Sheephouse close
- on stanihtan weg
- Temple Greene
- to þam þorne
- Trinsgroue
- the Tyte lane
- Woodacre lot meade