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.

Docker Force & Knott

Other OS name in the Parish of Orton

Etymology

( 1859OS ) , possibly the surname Docker , as in DockerBeck (ii, 166infra ) , cf. Docker (i, 129supra ) , v. fors ' waterfall ' , knǫttr ' rocky hill ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement