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.

Thames Ditton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Thames Ditton

Historical Forms

  • Dictun 1005 Eynsham 12th
  • Dicton(a) 1229 FF 1230 Bracton
  • Ditone 1086 DB
  • Temes Ditton 1235 FF
  • Temeseditton 1235 Ass
  • Tamesditton 1253 FF
  • Tameseditton 1327 Banco 1376 Ass
  • Temseditton 1353 FF
  • Tamsedytton 1409 Ass
  • Temmys Dytten 1532 FF
  • Themsditton 1607 SrWills

Etymology

v. Long Ditton supra 57. It lies nearer the Thames than that place.