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.

Delavor Ho & Delavor Rd

Other OS name in the Parish of Heswall

Etymology

, cf. Dellover 1849TA , ' hillside near a valley ' v. dell , ofer 2 . Sheaf3 48 (9679) takes the group of fields called Dellover and speaks of them as ' Dale-overs ' alluding to Dale Hay , Hall Dale ,infra , cf. Sheaf3 7 (8371) .