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.

Mardale

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shap

Historical Forms

  • Merdale 1278 FF
  • Mar dale, -dall(e) c.1540 Leland 1589 PR 1622 Dep 1625 FF 1777 M

Etymology

Mardale, Merdale 1278FF , Mar dale , -dall (e )c. 1540 Leland, 1589 PR, 1622Dep , 1625FF et freq to 1777 M. 'Lake valley', v. mere , dæl ; the lake is Hawes Water.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement