The Dams, Dam Lands
Early-attested site in the Parish of Hunmanby
Etymology
The Dams, Dam Lands (6″). Cf. Damside 1302 YI. This name, like The Dams infra 111, is used of land alongside a stream which may have been dammed at an earlier date. ME damme 'dam.' possibly in the sense 'water confined by an embankment,' a meaning limited to Yorkshire, is recorded from c. 1325 (NED).Selby Dam (WRY), le Damme 1321 Selby, is described there as a stagnum 'pool,' and is probably an artificial canal or drain.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- North Dale and West Dale
- Cansdale Farm
- Castle Hill
- Crook Lane
- Hill Farm
- Holme Flat
- Mill Field
- North Moor
- Sud Hill
- Wan Dale