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Dodworth

Major Settlement in the Parish of Silkstone

Historical Forms

  • Dodesuu(o)rde 1086 DB
  • Dodesworth 1300 Baild
  • Dodsworth 1523,1527 FF
  • Dodewrd, Dodewrda, Dodewrdam c.1090–c.1170 Pont
  • Dodeworth 1303 DodsN 1316 Vill 1323 Ass10
  • Dodewourth 1343 YDi
  • Doddewrd(am) c.1090–c.1232 Pont
  • Doddewurth 1240 FF 1290 YDi
  • Doddeworth 1301 Ch 1307 Pat 1414 YDv
  • Dudewurða 1170 P
  • Dodwurth 1349 YDi
  • Dodworth 1379 PT 1528 FF

Etymology

The single Dude - spelling might suggest OE  Duda as the first el. but all others, including later ones, point to the OE  pers.n. Dod (d ) (gen. Dod (d )es ) or the weak form Dod (d )a (gen. Dod (d )an ). The strong form Dod (d ) is preferable in view of the DB and other occasional spellings with -es -; the others would represent the common NCy uninflected genitive. 'Dod's enclosure', v. worð .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site