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.

Woodale Beck

Early-attested site in the Parish of Westerdale

Historical Forms

Wulvedalebec 1154–81 Riev

Etymology

'Stream through the wolves' valley' v. wulf , dæl , bekkr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Westerdale