Dockenfield Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Frensham
Historical Forms
- (to) doccena forda 909 BCS627 c.1150
- Dockenford 1759 Map
- Duchenefeld 1128 Dugdv,242
- Dockenefeld 1205 ChR
- Dokenford 1332 Pat
- Docchenefeld 1341 Pat
- Dokenfeld 1382 Ass
- Dokkynfold 1535 Dugdv,243
- Dokensfeld 1206 ChR
- Dokkenesfeld 1291 Tax
- Dockingfeild 1603 SrWills
- Dockenfield(s) 1777 AandD 1816 O.S.
Etymology
This must be 'ford (and field) of the docks,' doccena being the gen. plural of OE docce , 'dock,' used also of the water-lily.doccena ford must have been on the county boundary near Dockenfield, v. supra 166. Cf. on doccena ford BCS 888 (Berks).