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.

Dukerdale

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Historical Forms

  • Duckerdale 1721 Surv

Etymology

, Duckerdale 1721Surv , ME  dowker ' diver ' , which survives in Bessy Dooker , the local name for the water - ouzel or dipper , v. dalr .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site