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.

Deepdale

Early-attested site in the Parish of Barton

Historical Forms

  • Duppedale a.1184 Bart
  • Duppedalhed l.12 Lowth
  • Diupedalhed 13 CWxviii,151
  • Depedal(e) 1197–1202 P 1363,1371 Ipm 1426 Hothf 1648 FF
  • Deep(e)dale 1588 Rent212 1601 1823 M

Etymology

'The deep valley', v. dēop , dæl (dalr); the Duppe -, Diupe - spellings may be more directly from the ON form djúpr ; similar stress- shifting is assumed to explain certain spellings of Beetham (i, 66

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name