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.

Dowches

Other OS name in the Parish of Kelvedon

Historical Forms

Dou(e)cescroft 1417,1487 MinAcct

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Dou (e )cescroft 1417, 1487MinAcct .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Kelvedon