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.

Bisteldale

Field in the Parish of Wyham cum Cadeby

Historical Forms

  • Bisteldale 1330 Spald

Etymology

Bisteldale 1330(c.1331)(Bistel may well be'(theplace) by the enclosure', v. 'by, beside', stell'an enclosure' with deill'ashare of land' or dalr'a valley'; the site is unknown)