Ditchley Dell
valley · Oxfordshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Ditchley Dell is likely named from an Old English personal name, 'Dicca', combined with 'lēah' (clearing, meadow). The 'Dell' element is a later addition meaning valley.
Word origins
- Ditchley
- Old EnglishAttestedDicca's clearing(from Dicca "personal name", lēah "clearing, meadow")
- Dell
- Old Englishvalley(from dæl "valley")