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.

Low Dales, High Dales

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hackness

Historical Forms

  • Dales 1155–65,c.1265–78,1395 Whitby

Etymology

Self-explanatory.