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.

Diggin Dike

Other OS name in the Parish of Armthorpe

Historical Forms

  • Dickondyke 1559 Hnt
  • Dickan-dike 1607 ib

Etymology

, Dickondyke 1559 Hnt, Dickan-dike 1607 ib , v. dīc ; on the first el . cf. Dicken Dike ( Menwith ) pt . v infra .