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Survey of English Place-Names

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Fox Dale

Other OS name in the Parish of Caistor

Historical Forms

  • uallem quandem que a uulgo Foxedale uocatur c.1150 TYR

Etymology

( partly in Great Limber also ) , uallem quandem que a uulgo Foxedale uocatur c.1150TYR , self - explanatory , v. fox , dæl , dalr .