Doddenham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Doddenham
Historical Forms
- Dodhæma pull 779 BCS233 11th
- Dodeham 1086 DB 1291 Tax
- Doddeham 1212 Fees140
- Dodham 1221 FF
- Dudeham 1275 SR
- Doddenham 1275 FF 1327 SR 1535 VE
Etymology
'Dodda's homestead,' v. ham . In the first example, 'pool of the men of Doddenham,' we have the usual suffixing of hæme to the first syllable of the name with no consideration of its logical division. For this pers. name cf. Doddingtree Hundred itself and Doddenhill infra 58.