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.

Deason

Other OS name in the Parish of Satterleigh and Warkleigh

Historical Forms

  • Dauyston 1330 SR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Dauyston 1330SR (p) . Possibly ' Davy's orDavid's farm , ' v. tun , in which case the name is a ME formation .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement