Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Harnedale 1235 FF

• -dall 1579 PR

• Hardingdall' 1242,1247 P 1256 Pipe

• -dale 1664 NWm

• Hardenesdale 1247 Ch 1292 Ass35,39 1396 Lowth 1479 Crk7 1544 NB

• Hurdenesdale 1292 QW

• Hardnesdale 1398 FF

• Hardyndayll 16 Crk(Nbn1)

• Hardendale, Hardendall 1544 NB 1590,1602 PR 1607 PR(K) 1777 M

• Harendall 1601 PR

• Harndall, Harndale 1574–1759 PR 1587 PR(Mrl) 1754 PR(Clb)

Etymology

Possibly 'Harding's valley', v. dæl (dalr). The first el. might be the OE pers.n. or the ME  surname Harding (which occurs locally as the surname of Christopher Harding as late as 1762 PR 317).A pers.n. Harden , which the Hardenes - and the contracted Harn (e )- spellings would appear to suggest, is not known, but in this p.n. it could be a reduced form of OE  Heardwine , and that is probably the better explanation; in that case the uninflected -ing - spellings would be analogical.