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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.

Lomberdale Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Youlgreave

Historical Forms

  • Londemeredale c.1250,c.1280 BelCh
  • Londemerdale flath 1294 Derby
  • Lambert Dale 1652 ParlSurv
  • Lamberdale 1662 Potter

Etymology

Lomberdale Ho, Londemeredale c. 1250, c. 1280BelCh , Londemerdale flath 1294Derby , Lambert Dale 1652ParlSurv , Lamberdale 1662Potter . 'Boundary valley', v. land-(ge)mǣre, dæl 1 ; the boundary was perhaps that between the hundreds of High Peak and Wirksworth.