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Survey of English Place-Names

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Dalton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Kirkheaton

Historical Forms

  • Dalton(e), Daltun 1086 DB 1142–54 YCh 1185 Templar 1198 Fount 1203,1235 DodsN 1235 FF 1243 Fees 1590 FF
  • Daleton 1607 FF

Etymology

'Valley farm', v. dæl , tūn ; it lies in the valley of Lees or Fenay Beck; the name remains as that of a township.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name