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.

Doleston

Field in the Parish of Rearsby

Historical Forms

  • Doleston 1601 Terrier 1612 Terrier 1625 Terrier 1648 Terrier

Etymology

Doleston 1601, 1612, 1625, 1648, Dolestone furlong 1675, 1679 et passim to 1745 (v. furlang) (v. dāl, stān; presum a major boundary marker)