Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Danehynchill 1407 JCJ

• Higher Dane-in- Shaw 1843 TA

• Dane Henshaw 1831 Bry

• Lower Dane-en-Shaw, Dane-en-Shaw 1842 OS

• Davenynsale, Daveninsale 1593 JCJ

• the Daningschow c.1610 Camden

• Dane Inch 1610 Speed

• the water called Dane-inch 1621 Orm2 1656

• The Biddel 1656 Orm2

Etymology

Dane in Shaw, Dane in Shaw Brook, Danehynchill 1407 JCJ, Higher Dane-in - Shaw 1843TA , Dane Henshaw 1831 Bry, Lower Dane-en -Shaw , Dane-en -Shaw 1842 OS, a p.n. better recorded in the stream-name derived from it, Davenynsale , Daveninsale 1593 JCJ, the Daningschow c.1610 Camden, Dane Inch 1610 Speed, the water called Dane-inch 1621 (1656) Orm2, also named The Biddel 1656 Orm2 from Biddulph St, where it rises. The place-name Danehynchill , Daneingschow looks like hyll 'a hill', hōh 'a prominence', or halh 'a nook, a corner, a valley, land at a confluence', added to an assibilated sg. -ing - suffix formation upon the r.n. Dane (R. Dane 120), v. -ing 2 , cf. Altrincham 7supra . The basis, OE  *Dæfeninge , would mean 'at Dæfening , the place or thing called after R. Dane'.