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.

North Dalton

Major Settlement in the Parish of North Dalton

Historical Forms

  • Dalton(a) 1086 DB 1156–7 YCh354 c.1400 Melsa
  • Dauton 1246 Ass
  • Northdalton(a) 1150–60 Melsa 1219 Ass 1226 Ebor 1415 YI
  • Northdalton(a) on the Wolde 1549 FF
  • Nortdalton 1190–1220 YCh589 1206,1229 FF
  • Nordalton 1205 ChR 1231 FF

Etymology

'Valley-farm,' v. dæl , tun .'North' in relation to South Dalton infra 190.

Places in the same Parish