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.

Diddywell

Other OS name in the Parish of Northam

Historical Forms

  • Dodewille 1330 SR
  • Dodewylle 1520 ADvi

Etymology

is Dodewille 1330SR (p),Dodewylle 1520 AD vi . ' Dudda 's spring , ' v. wielle . For the vowel v. Introd. xxxiv .