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.

Westerdale

Major Settlement in the Parish of Westerdale

Historical Forms

Westerdale, Westerdala 1154–81 Riev

Westerdaill 1285 KI 16 FF 1582

Etymology

'More westerly valley' v. west , dæl . Westerdale is one of the western valleys of Eskdale.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site