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Dimmel's Dale

Other OS name in the Parish of Chalford

Historical Forms

  • Dimmelds dale 1841 TA

Etymology

, Dimmelds dale 1841TA , possibly an adaptation or transference of such p. ns . as Dimin Dale (Db 169) , Dimsdale ( St ) or Dimingdale ( YW vi, 108 ) , which may be from an OE  dimmung ' darkness ' and dæl ' valley ' , ' valley of darkness ' .