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.

Hundle Dale

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirby Underdale

Historical Forms

  • Hundoluesdale t.Hy2 MaryH 1156–7 YCh354

Etymology

Hundle Dale (6″) is Hundoluesdale t. Hy 2MaryH , 1156–7 YCh 354. For other forms cf. Kirby Underdale supra 129.'Hundolf 's valley,' from OScand  Hundólfr and dæl. Cf. OE , ME  Hundulf (NP 70) also from OScand.