Doughton
Early-attested site in the Parish of Tetbury Upton
Historical Forms
- æt Ductune 775–8 BCS226 11th
- Ductun(e), Ducton 13 BGlxxiii,167 1236,1241 Berk
- Duchtune 13 HMCv,336 1220–30,1241 Berk
- Duhtton 1248 Ass
- Dughton(e) 1287 Ass 1301 Ch 1305
- Dutton 1221 FF 1398 RBBr
- Douton 1298 Ipm
- Doughton 1327 SR 1328 Banco 1335 FF 1641 FF
- Dowghton c.1560 Surv
- Dogthone 1415 BM
- Doghton 1443 Rent817
- Dovton 1499 FF
- Dowton 1506 FF
- Duf(f)ton als. Doughton 1641 FF 1647 Will 1654 PR
Etymology
'Duck farmstead', v. dūce , tūn . The change of -ct - to -ght - is a common phenomenon in p.ns. like the numerous Broughtons, Leightons, etc.; that of ME -gh - to -f - in Dufton is dialectal (cf. Phonol. §§ 32, 36).