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.

Daughtrys

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sidlesham

Historical Forms

  • Alta Ripa 1296 SR

Etymology

Daughtrys (6″) takes its name from the family of William de Alta Ripa (1296 SR), the Latinised form of a French surname occurring in 1327, 1332 (SR) as Dautry , Dauteryue .