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.

Moredimple

Other OS name in the Parish of Winscales

Historical Forms

  • Moredimple 1550 Whellan 1687

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is stone called Moredimple 1550 (1687) Whellan . Dimple may represent the OE  *dympel , ' pool , ' ' hollow , ' of obscure origin , found in Dimlington (PN ERY 17–18) .