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.

Worm Dale

Other OS name in the Parish of Wharram Percy

Historical Forms

  • Wormedall' c.1250 Kirkham

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Wormedall 'c. 1250Kirkham . ' Snake valley , ' from OE  wyrm and dæl .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement