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.

Longdales

Other OS name in the Parish of Ainstable

Historical Forms

  • longdales 1640 Boothby
  • Longdale alias the North parte of Kirkfeild 1650 ParlSurv

Etymology

is longdales 1640Boothby , Longdale alias the North parte of Kirkfeild 1650ParlSurv . As there is no valley here , this name probably contains OE  dāl , ' sharein common land . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement