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.

Bransdale

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kirkdale

Historical Forms

Brannesdale c.1150 Riev

Brauncedale 1276 YI 1301 LS

Brandesdal' 1279–81 QW

Bransdale 1577 Saxton

Etymology

'Brand's valley' from ON Brandr (v. Brandsby 28supra ) and dæl .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site