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.

Nithdale

Field in the Parish of Cabourne

Historical Forms

  • Nithdale Hy3 GCB

Etymology

Nithdale Hy3(Hy4)(Dr John Insley suggests that the first el. is ME  nith(OE  nīð)'wickedness, badness' in some uncertain sense)

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement