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Survey of English Place-Names

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Deepdale Plantation

Other OS name in the Parish of Elsham

Etymology

, cf. great deepe daile 1601Terrier , deepdale 1611ib , deep daile hole 1625ib , Deepedale 1638ib ; in spite of the spellings in daile , which suggest deill ' a portion or share of land ' , the topography clearly suggests that this is ' the deep valley ' , v. dēop , dæl , dalr .