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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wootton Dale

Other OS name in the Parish of Wootton

Historical Forms

  • Wotton Dale 1635 LindDep c.1900
  • The Dale Farm c.1823 Yarb

Etymology

, 1824 O , 1828 Bry , 1830 Gre , Wotton Dale 1635 (c.1900) LindDep 78 , The Dale Farm c.1823Yarb , cf. Dale Bottom 1810, 1817ib , 1827Brad , from the valley in which the farm is situated , v. dæl , dalr .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement