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.

Esk Dale (Side)

Major Settlement in the Parish of Whitby

Historical Forms

  • Eschedale, Eschdala 1086 DB
  • Aeschedale c.1150 Godr
  • Eskedal(a) 1175–85 YCh
  • Eskdale 1336 Ch

Etymology

v. Esk, R. 3 supra and dæl , sid .