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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.

Easedale

Early-attested site in the Parish of Grasmere

Historical Forms

  • Asedale 1332 SR 1375 Kendii,31
  • Aisedale 1706 Ct
  • Easedale 1801 DW

Etymology

Easedale, Asedale 1332SR (p), 1375 Kend ii, 31(p), Aisedale 1706Ct , Easedale 1801 DW. 'Ási's valley', v. dæl (dalr). The pers.n. is ON  Ási which occurs independently in the Danelaw (Feilitzen 167).v. Phonol. §5.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name