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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.

lambe Dale

Field in the Parish of Rothwell

Historical Forms

  • lambe Dale 1577 Terrier 1606 Terrier
  • a certaine furlong called lambedale 1611 Terrier
  • Lamedale 1625 Terrier
  • one dail called Lamdale 1638 Terrier
  • Lamb-dale or Ings 1679 Terrier

Etymology

lambe Dale 1577, 1606, a certaine furlong called lambedale 1611,Lamedale 1625, one dail called Lamdale 1638, Lamb-dale or Ings 1679(v.lamb, deill)