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.

The Delf

Other OS name in the Parish of Eyam

Historical Forms

  • Tootil otherwise the Delf 1776 ShefAM

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , Tootil otherwise the Delf 1776ShefAM , v. tōt-hyll , (ge)delf ; Toothill is the name of the level part of The Delf .