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.

Dogsthorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Peterborough

Historical Forms

  • Dodestorp(e), Dodesthorp(e) 963 ASC 12th Sparke 1308
  • Dodestorp 1241 P
  • Doddestorp c.1115 Dugdii,390
  • Doddesthorp t.Ed3 SR
  • Dud(d)estorp 1247 Ass
  • Dodingthorp 1285 Ass
  • Dosthorp(e) 1428 FA 1540 Dugdi,367 1632 Recov
  • Dostrop 1517 DBE
  • Dastropp 1541 LP
  • Dusthorpe 1556 FF
  • Doggesthropp 1578 FF

Etymology

'Dodd 's village,' v . þorp.