Daylesford
Major Settlement in the Parish of Daylesford
Historical Forms
- Dæglesford 718 BCS139 11th BCS436 841 BCS541 11th KCD623 875 11th 979 11th
- Deilesford 777 BCS222 14th KCD963 c.1050 Surv c.1200 c.1150
- Dæiglæsford 914 BCS1135 12th
- Degilesford 979 KCD623 11th
- Dagelesford c.1050 KCD963 c.1200
- Eilesford 1086 DB
- Aleford c.1086 EveA 1190
Etymology
' Dægel's ford.' Dægel is not on record, but would be a regular diminutive of Dæga , a pet-form of one of the numerous OE names in Dæg . It has its parallel in OGer Dagalo and other names cited by Förstemann (PN 391–2).