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.

Dodle

Other OS name in the Parish of Rochdale

Historical Forms

  • Dowdle-croft 1733 PRSad
  • Dodle-croft 1739 ib

Etymology

, Dowdle-croft 1733 PRSad, Dodle-croft 1739 ib , cf. dial . doddle ' a pollard tree ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement