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.

Apedale

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wensley

Historical Forms

  • Apedale c.1175 Riev

Etymology

'Api's valley' from the ON  by-name Ápi and dalbr. Cf. Bergh Apton (Nf).