Wandale
Early-attested site in the Parish of Bempton
Historical Forms
- Wandailes 13th Bardney
Etymology
Wandale (6″) is Wandailes 13thBardney . This name occurs several times (v. Index). Cf. also Field-names infra 328. It is the dialectal word wandale 'share of the common arable land of a township,' probably once fenced off with wands or stakes (OScand vǫndr 'twig' as in vand-balkr 'wall of sticks'), cf. Wandales (PN NRY 59). The second element is usually OWScand deill, but it is occasionally OEScand dēl or OE dal.
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