Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Vwal 1178 Pipe

• Vhala c.1230 Knipe

• Hvale a.1239 Ch 1294

• Wal' 1179,1184 Pipe 1195,1196 P a.1239 MdMb 1279 Lanc

• Wale 1279 Ass21

• Louther- 1283 Lowth

• Whale 1234–6 MdMb 1256 Ass4d 1328 Banco 1823 M

• Louthrewhale, Loutherwhale 1328 Lowth 1329 Ass1 1429 FA

• Qual 1249 Lowth

• Quale, Qwale 1252 1279 Ass2 1292 QW 1478 Lowth

• Louthre-, -er- 1292 Ass11 1336 Lowth 1346 FF 1371 Ipm

• Qualle, Qwalle c.1250 Bart 1278 Ipm

• Whaile, Whayle 1422 Cl Hy6 Rent 1694 PR

• Quayle 1477 CWxxi,192

• Quaile 1740 PR(Bm)

Etymology

From ON  hváll 'an isolated rounded hill'; the hill is the prominent one between Whale village and Lowther, from which the name gets its occasional affix in Louthrewhale , etc. On the forms v. Phonol. §§2, 20. Cf. also Whale Beck, etc. (infra ).