Dearsden
Early-attested site in the Parish of Warter
Historical Forms
- Dioresdun 12th,13th Warter
- Vtterderesdun(e), Haymderesdun(e) ib.
Etymology
Dearsden (6″) is Dioresdun 12th, 13thWarter , Vtterderesdun (e ), Haymderesdun (e )ib. 'Dēor 's hill,' v. dun . The prefixed elements are ME utter 'outer, more distant,' and OScand heim 'home' (presumably in the contrasting sense 'nearer'), as in Hollows infra 170. This use of heim (except in Hollows itself) has hitherto not been noted. It has its English parallel in such names as Homewood (PN Sx 258) and Holmwood (PN Sr 271) and a Scandinavian parallel in the Dan place-name Hemfenner (DaSN (Sj) iii, 253).
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Arras
- Blanch
- Brig Dale
- Gildersdale
- Hollows
- Keasey
- Scarndale, Scarndale Hill
- Skygates Farm
- Yeadon Farm
- Baggaby Bottom
- Blakes Dale