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.

Dordale

Early-attested site in the Parish of Belbroughton

Historical Forms

  • Doverdale 1275 SR

Etymology

This is the name of a farm and district in Belbroughton, but they lie on a stream which, if one follows its course southwards, becomes that stream which is for a time called Elmley Brook and afterwards forms the western boundary of Doverdale (v. supra 239).