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.

Widdale and Widdale Beck

Early-attested site in the Parish of Aysgarth

Historical Forms

  • Withdale 1217 FF
  • Wyddale 1307 Ch
  • Wyddalebec 1218 FF
  • Wydal(l), Widal(l) 1404 Pat 1423 Baildon

Etymology

'Wood-valley' v. viðr , dalr .

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