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.

Glaisdale

Major Settlement in the Parish of Danby

Historical Forms

  • Glasedale 12 Whitby c.1200,1223 1224 Pat 1665 Visit
  • Glasedalebech 12 Guis
  • Glasdale 1223 FF 1227 Guis 1369 FF

Etymology

The modern form Glais - indicates that the ME vowel in the first element was long; the name may, therefore, be compared with Glazebrook (Ekwall, PN La 94) which is perhaps from the British word found in Welsh  glas 'blue, green' etc. v. dæl .