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.

Dersingham

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Dersincham 1086 DB

Etymology

, probably , like Trimmingham supra , a p.n. of manorial origin from Dersingham Nf ( Dersincham 1086 DB , ' home of Dēorsige 's folk ' , Ekwall , s.n . ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name