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.

Doghouse Fm, Doghouse Hill & Doghouse Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Chideock

Historical Forms

  • Doghouse 1841 TA

Etymology

( 1841TAMap , Doghouse 1841TA ) ( 1841ib ) ( local ) , from dog-house ' a kennel ' ( 1611 NED ) , cf. Doghouse Lane Gate in Sherborne par . ( Addenda to 3 360 ) ; the farm is Thorncombe 1811 OS , earlier Thornecombe 1510Weld 2 , cf. pratum apud le Thorne 1462ib , v. þorn , cumb .