Saxondale
Major Settlement in the Parish of Saxondale
Historical Forms
- Saxeden 1086 DB
- Saxenden 1316 Ch
- Saxendala c.1130 Thoroton
- Saxendale 1199 Cur 1200 Abbr 1208 Cur 1358 Ipm
- Saxindale 1218 Pap 1223 FF 1280 Ass 1323 Ipm 1333 Cl
- Saxendall 1200 Abbr 1242 Fees
Etymology
This is probably from OE Seaxna denu , 'Saxons' valley,' denoting some isolated Saxon settlement in this Anglian territory, as suggested by Ekwall (DEPN). (For such names cf. PN Wo 116 and Mawer, PN and History 10). Such a settlement might account for the use of the rare denu as against the Anglian dæl in the original form of this name. There was also a lost Saxedale in Withcall (L), frequently mentioned in the Kirkstead cartulary.
Places in the same Parish
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