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.

Thievesdale Fm and Thievesdale Way

Early-attested site in the Parish of Worksop

Etymology

Thievesdale Fm and Thievesdale Way. Cf. Theevesdale way 1636 DukRec.'Thieves' valley,' v. dæl , dalr . Cf. þeofa denu (BCS 356), ðeofa cumb (ib. 1066), Thebridge (PN Herts 100) and Dupath (Co), Theuepath 1175 (1348) Pat.