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.

Uldale

Major Settlement in the Parish of Uldale

Historical Forms

  • Ulvesdal' 1216 ClR 1279 Ass
  • Uluedal(e) 1228 For 1399 Cl
  • Uluadale 1334 MinAcct
  • Woluedale 1286 Ass
  • Uvedale 1305 Pat
  • Oulfsdale 1328 Pat
  • Oulfdale 1329 Cl
  • Ulledale 1332 SR
  • Uldale 1391 FF
  • Uldale al. Ulnedale 1411 Pat
  • Uldaile in Bagray 1535 VE
  • Uldall 1570 ExchKR
  • Ulfdale 1359 Carliol

Etymology

The earliest form suggests ON  Úlfs dalr, 'Ulf 's valley.' There are no means of deciding whether this, or the úlfa dalr , 'wolves' valley,' suggested by most of the later spellings, was the original form of the name.