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Survey of English Place-Names

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Dalton Parva

Major Settlement in the Parish of Rotherham

Historical Forms

  • altera Daltune 1164–81 Lewes25d
  • Nethyr Dalton 1482 YD
  • Little Dalton 1606,1616 FF
  • Dalton Parva 1822 Langd

Etymology

v. neoðera 'lower', lȳtel , parva 'little'.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name