Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Wanton Dale 1839 TA

• Danton Dale 1831 Bry

Etymology

, Wanton Dale 1839TA , erroneously Danton Dale 1831Bry . Wanton Dale occurs as a f.n. in Landican, Pensby and Gayton268, 272, 276infra . It may be either dæl 1 ' a valley, a hollow ' , or deill ' an allotment, a plot of ground ' , with ME  wantowen , ModE wanton , in the sense ' wild, uncultivated, out of hand ' .