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.

Damstakes

Other OS name in the Parish of Penistone

Etymology

, 1817 M , v. dammr , staca ' a stake ' , doubtless stakes used to dam a river ( the Little Don ) , now submerged in a modern reservoir .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name