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.

Dockham Ditch

Early-attested site in the Parish of Frampton Cotterell

Historical Forms

  • Doc(k)ham, Dokham 1230–43 Mrk 1290,1301 Ipm 1301 Ext 1384 Ipm

Etymology

Dockham Ditch, Doc (k )ham , Dokham 1230–43 Mrk, 1290, 1301 Ipm, 1301Ext , 1384 Ipm. 'Water-meadow overgrown with docks', v. docce , hamm , cf. Dockham Ditch (ii, 136supra ).