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.

Farndale

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kirkby Moorside

Historical Forms

  • Farnedale c.1154–63 Riev 1276,1416 YI
  • Farendale, Farendal(a) late12 Cur46,m.3d 1201 ChR 1229 Cl 1255 Ch 1286 For 1301 LS
  • Farndal(e) 1279–81 QW 1301 LS 1371 Baildon 1577 Saxton

Etymology

'Fern valley' v. fearn , dæl .