Helredale
Major Settlement in the Parish of Whitby
Historical Forms
- Hellerdale 1145–8 Whitby
- Helredale 1155–65 12 Leon66d
- Ellerdale 1351 Whitby
Etymology
v. dæl . The first element is possibly ON hella , gen. hellur , 'flat stone, tableland of rocks,' common in Norw place-names, cf. Helwath Beck 117supra .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Briggswath
- Flat Howe
- Grosmont
- Iburndale
- Lythe Beck
- Sleights
- Ugglebarnby
- Cock Mill
- Gnipe Howe
- Hawsker Bottoms
- Larpool Hall
- Ling Hill
- Rigg
- Saltwick
- Shawm Rigg
- Spital Bridge
- Stainsacre
- Whitby Laithes
- Dunsley
- Graystone
- Raithwaite
- Swarthoe Cross
- Ruswarp Carr
- Stakesby
- Upgang
- Airy Hill
- Baldby Fields
- Breck
- Church Street
- The Fitts
- Flowergate
- Prestby
- Sowerby
- Thingwall