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.

Dodseye

Other OS name in the Parish of Marshwood

Historical Forms

  • Dodseye Farm 1843 TA
  • Dodshay 1811 OS

Etymology

, Dodseye Farm 1843TA , Dodshay 1811 OS , perhaps from hay ' enclosure ' with the ME  surname Dodde ( freq in 1327, 1332SR though not in this par . ) but cf. the same f.n. (Dods Eye ) in Lyme R . par . supra ( 1842TA ) , Wootton F . infra ( 1843ib ) , and Shipton G . par . infra ( 1841ib ) .