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.

Monk Dale

Early-attested site in the Parish of Aldwark

Historical Forms

  • le Moneksdale lateHy3 BelCh
  • Monkedales 1460 ib
  • Mun(c)ke Dale 1658 ib
  • Munkedale 1672 ib

Etymology

Monk Dale (lost), le Moneksdale late Hy 3BelCh , Monkedales 1460 ib, Mun (c )ke Dale 1658 ib, Monkdale 1664 Munkedale 1672 ib.v. munuc , dæl 1 , no doubt named from the monks of Darley Abbey.