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.

Dimples Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bingley

Historical Forms

  • Dimple 1156–81 YChvi 13
  • Dimpel l.12 Ch 1311
  • Dimples 1627 WYD

Etymology

Dimples Fm, Dimple 1156–81 YCh vi, 13Drax 44, Skyr, Dimpel l. 12 (1311) Ch, Dimples 1627 WYD, cf. also Dympelland 1346 YD vi, Dimple sike 1592Comm 30. v. dympel 'pool, pit'.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name