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.

Denton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Denton

Historical Forms

  • Dodintone 1086 DB 1376 Cl
  • Dodington, Dodyngton 12th Survey 1275 RH 1325 Ipm
  • Dudintun 1195 FF
  • Dudinton 1200 Cur
  • Parva Dudinton 1220 Fees 1229 Cl
  • Parva Dudington 1235 Fees
  • Little Denynton 1371 ADiv
  • Denenton 1483 Charter
  • Dodington al. Deynton 1563 FF
  • Doddington parva al. Deynton 1579 ib
  • Denton or Doddington Parva 1749 Recov
  • Denton or Little Doddington 1768 ib

Etymology

v. Doddington supra 138. Parva in contrast to Great Doddington. For the modern development cf. Dainton (PN D 513) and Dunton (PN Bk 67).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site