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.

Feldale

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whittlesey

Historical Forms

  • Feldhale 13th Thorney
  • Feldale, Feldalesnote 1398 Ct
  • Fieldale c.1840 TA

Etymology

Feldale is Feldhale 13thThorney , Feldale , Feldalesnote 1398Ct , Fieldale c. 1840TA . 'Nook in the feld,' v. healh . For -snote cf. snote infra 344.