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.

Coverdale

Early-attested site in the Parish of Barnoldswick

Historical Forms

  • Colreden(e) 12,1332 Kirkst
  • Colredale 1147–54 YCh641
  • Couerdall, Coverdall 1600,1651 PRGis

Etymology

Coverdale, Colreden (e )12, 1332 Kirkst, Colredale 1147–54 YCh 641, Couerdall , Coverdall 1600, 1651 PRGis. 'Charcoal-burner valley', v. colere (as in Cowlersley ii, 273supra ), denu , replaced by dalr as in Arkendale v, 104supra .