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.

Low Dinsdale

Parish in the County of Durham

Etymology

The parish consists of a single township. The soil is mixed. Agriculture in 1850 included cultivation of wheat, barley, beans, turnips and potatoes, VCH III 217.

Major Settlements