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.

Cockshotts, The Dell, Dellfield and Dovehouse Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Kimpton

Historical Forms

  • Cock Shot Wood, Dell Croft, Dell Field, Dovehouse Wood c.1840 TA

Etymology

( all 6 ″ ) are Cock Shot Wood , Dell Croft , Dell Field , Dovehouse Wood c. 1840TA . For cockshot , v. infra 259, 261 .