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Survey of English Place-Names

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Pin Dale

Early-attested site in the Parish of Castleton

Historical Forms

  • Pynnedal(e), Pyndal(e), Pindal(e) 1285 For
  • Pinnedal' c.1285 ib
  • Pyndall, Pindall 1529,1536 Bemrose 1538 AD 1640 Map

Etymology

Pin Dale, Pynnedal (e ), Pyndal (e ), Pindal (e )1285For , Pinnedal 'c. 1285 ib, Pyndall , Pindall 1529, 1536Bemrose , 1538AD , 1640Map , probably 'Pinna's valley', v. dæl 1 . For this pers.n., unrecorded before the Conquest, cf. Pennaton (PN D 291), Pennington (PN La 100), Pinner (PN Mx 63–4) and Pinton (PN Wo 334).