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.

Heck Dale

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thornton Dale

Historical Forms

Ekkedale 1335 ForP

Etymology

v. dæl . The first element is probably ME hekk . v. hæcc .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement