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.

Woodale

Early-attested site in the Parish of Coverham

Historical Forms

  • W(u)lvedale 1223 FF

Etymology

v. wulf , dæl and Woodale Beck (LangE) 135supra .