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.

Grisdale

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • Grisedale 13(1307),1292 Ch 1618 PRDnt 1664 PRThn
  • Grisdale, Grysdale 1400 YI 1621 PRSed

Etymology

Grisdale, Grisedale 13 (1307), 1292 Ch, 1618 PRDnt, 1664 PRThn, Grisdale , Grysdale 1400 YI, 1621 PRSed. 'Young pig valley', v. gríss , dalr .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement