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.

Mosedale

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shap

Historical Forms

  • Mosdall 1249 ShpDd
  • Moysdale, Maysdale (sic) 1743 CWix,280
  • Mosedale 1612,1626 FF 1627 Clib

Etymology

Mosedale [ˈmo:zdəl], Mosdall 1249 ShpDd 58, Moysdale , Maysdale (sic)1743 CW ix, 280, Mosedale 1612, 1626FF , 1627 Clib 264.'Valley with a bog', v. mosi , dæl (dalr), cf. Mosedale (Cu 304).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement