Dormston
Major Settlement in the Parish of Dormston
Historical Forms
- Deormodes ealdtun 972 BCS1282 c.1050
- Dormestun 1086 DB 1221 FF 1230 Cl
- Dormeston 1226 ClR 1255 Ass 1275 SR 1535 VE
- Doramstone 1392 Wigorn
- Dormyston 1431 FA 1544 LP
- Darmston 1724 Marr
Etymology
'Dēormod 's farm' (v. tun ), with the interesting additional description of it as the 'old' farm or enclosure in the first mention of it. In the Dormston-Inkberrow boundary we have mention of a Deorelmes-dic (BCS 1110). It is possible that Dēorhelm and Dēormod belonged to the same family, which favoured the element Dēor - in their pers. names, cf. Bricklehampton supra 190 n. The same pers. name is found in Darmsden (Sf) and Dormers Well in Southall (Mx).
Places in the same Parish
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