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.

Dell Quay

Early-attested site in the Parish of Appledram

Historical Forms

  • La Delle 1280 Pat 1288 Ass
  • Dell Key 1671 DKR40,206

Etymology

Dell Quay is La Delle 1280 Pat, 1288Ass (p), Dell Key 1671 DKR 40, 206, v. dell . The dell here must be the slight depression of Chichester Channel, which in Saxton's map (1578) is marked as Dell flu .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement