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.

Spotsdale

Early-attested site in the Parish of Gargrave

Historical Forms

  • Spottesdal(a) 1200–16,1320 Furn 1246 FF
  • Spotesdale 1246 Furn

Etymology

Spotsdale (lost), Spottesdal (a )1200–16, 1320 Furn, 1246 FF, Spotesdale 1246 Furn. 'Spot's valley', from the OE  byname Spot (Tengvik 335) and dæl, dalr .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site