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.

Bishopdale

Major Settlement in the Parish of Aysgarth

Historical Forms

  • Biscop(p)edale 1202 FF c.1230–50 BM 1279–81 QW
  • Bis(s)hopdale 1289 RichReg 1519 Sanct
  • Bishdale 1589 Cai

Etymology

'Bishop's valley,' probably from the OE  pers. n. Bisceop , of which there are two examples from Anglian territory in the 7th cent., and dæl.