Doddinghurst Common
village · Essex
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
The name Doddinghurst Common likely derives from an Old English personal name and a word for a wooded area. It refers to the common land belonging to the settlement associated with a person named 'Dodd'.
Word origins
- Dodding
- Old Englishbelonging to Dodd(from Dodd "a personal name", -ing "possessive suffix")
- hurst
- Old EnglishAttestedwoodland, copse(from hyrst "woodland")
- Common
- Old Englishcommon land(from cynemon "common land")
Historical forms
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