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.

Barden

Major Settlement in the Parish of Skipton

Historical Forms

  • Berden(e) c.1140 Dugdvi 1156 YChvii 1266 MinAcct 1292 BltComp20d 1293 QW 1438 Pat
  • Berden(e) in Craven 1433 1637 WillY
  • Barden 1590 WillY
  • Barden in Craven 1547 ib
  • Bardin 1623 PRAdd 1698 PRBl

Etymology

'Barley valley', v. bere , denu , but, if the topography at all resembled its present state, it could appropriately be 'bare valley' (v. bær ), though we should have expected Bar - spellings much earlier than is the case.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name