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.

The Dod

Other OS name in the Parish of Alston

Historical Forms

  • Dod 1599 Derwent

Etymology

is Dod 1599Derwent . A rounded hill . v. dodd .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement