Ducklington
Major Settlement in the Parish of Ducklington
Historical Forms
- Duclingtun, (to) Duclingtune, (to) Duclingdune 958 BCS1036 c.1250
- Duklyngton 1428 FA
- Ducklingtone 1526 LS
- Duceling dune 1044 KCD775 c.1150
- Dochelintone 1086 DB
- Dukelind' 1122–33 OxonCh 1292 Ch
- Duclindona 1151 Os
- Duklynton 1311 Ipm 1346 FA 1364 Cl
- Dokelind' 1176 P 1285 Ass
- Dukelesdona 1200–18 Eynsh
- Duglintona 1210–18 Eynsh
- Dugkelintona 1247–64 Eynsh
- Dogelinthone c.1270 Eynsh
- Doclindon 1278–9 RH
- Doklindon c.1284 Frid c.1320
- Doklynton 1311 Ipm
- Dokelingtone 1309 Eynsh
- Dokelyngton 1428 FA 1509–10 Os
- Doklington 1512 AD
Etymology
Ekwall (DEPN) gives the etymology of this name as 'the hill (dūn) of *Duc (c )el 's people.' The forms do not suggest, however, that it contains -inga-, and it might be better to take it as '*Ducel 's farm' (v. ingtūn ), with very early confusion of tūn with dūn . Evidence for a personal name Duc (c ), of which Ducel would be a derivative, is given in PN Ca 92–3. Alexander's etymology, 'the hill of the duck- lings,' is unsatisfactory, as neither duckling nor gosling is recorded till the mid 15th century.