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.

Baysdale and Baysdale Beck

Early-attested site in the Parish of Westerdale

Historical Forms

  • Basdale 1189–1204 YCh 1301 LS
  • Basedale c.1230 Guis 1400 Test
  • Basedalebec 1236 Dugdv.508
  • Bosedal 1236 Ch
  • Bassedale c.1291 Tax 1390 Test
  • Baisedale 1483 Test
  • Baisdell 1561 NCyWills 1578 FF

Etymology

'Cow-shed valley' from ON  *báss , OSwed  bás (equivalent to OE  *bōs , which has become YWR dial. boois , YNR dial. [biəs]); cf. Björkman, Loanwords 99. The Ch form Bosedal contains OE  bōs . The modern forms of the place-name are due to the regular Northern ME raising of OE, ON ā .

Places in the same Parish