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.

Deep Dale Plot

Field in the Parish of Cabourne

Historical Forms

  • 1793 Yarb

Etymology

Deep Dale Plot 1793('the deep valley', from dēopand dalr, with plot, plat2 andslakki'a shallow valley, a hollow in the ground', an OWScand word, rare inthe East Midlands)