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.

Miterdale

Early-attested site in the Parish of Eskdale and Wasdale

Historical Forms

  • Meterdal 1294 Cl
  • Miterdale 1334 Ipm
  • Myterdell 1473 ADiv
  • Myterdale 1570 ExchKR
  • Mitredale 1610 Denton 1769 CWxxi
  • Mitterdale 1519 FF
  • Mytterdale 1586 CWx
  • Myterdale head, Mytredale head 1570 ExchKR

Etymology

'Valley of the Mite (supra 22),' v. dalr . The -er represents the ON  gen. sg. in -ar . v. Introduction.