Didcot
Didcot is a Town in the county of Oxfordshire.
There are great places to visit near Didcot including some great ancient sites, cities, shopping centres, towns and historic buildings.
There are a number of ancient sites near Didcot including The Rollright Stones, The King Stone, The Whispering Knights, and The Kings Men.
Oxford is a great place to visit close to Didcot if you like cities.
Don't miss Westgate Oxford's shopping centres if visiting the area around Didcot.
There are a number of towns near to Didcot including Banbury.
Didcot is near some unmissable historic buildings like Upton House,
Didcot History
There are some historic monuments around Didcot:
Places to see near Didcot
History of Didcot
The Domesday Book of 1086 does not record Didcot. In 13th-century records the toponym appears as Dudecota, Dudecote, Doudecote, Dudcote or Dudecothe. Some of these spellings continued into later centuries, and were joined by Dodecote from the 14th century onward, Dudcott from the 16th century onward and Didcott from the 17th century onward. It is derived from Old English, meaning the house or shelter of Dudda’s people. The name is believed to be derived from that of Dida, a 7th-century Mercian sub-king who ruled the area around Oxford and was the father of Saint Frithuswith or Frideswide, now the patron saint of both Oxford and Oxford University.
