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.

Dormans Land

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lingfield

Historical Forms

  • Deremanneslond 1263,1288 Ass
  • Dermannysland 1489 VCHiv,303
  • Dormans 1593 SACxix

Etymology

Dormans Land is Deremanneslond 1263, 1288Ass , Dermannysland 1489 VCH iv, 303, Dormans 1593 SAC xix. There was a Richard Dereman in the parish in 1418 (Harl ) and in 1436 (FF), and the land probably takes its name from an ancestor of his.