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Debdales

Other OS name in the Parish of Bottesford

Historical Forms

  • Dibdale 1679 Terrier
  • Debdale 1736 ib
  • depdale hole 1605 Terrier

Etymology

, Dibdale 1679Terrier , Debdale 1736ib , cf. Debdale fellde 1567ib , de (e )pdale feild 1605ib , Debbdale feild 1626Rut , Debdale Field 1771Plan , 1772EnclA ( v. feld ; one of the great fields of the village ) , depdale hole 1605Terrier ( v. hol 1 ) , ' the deep valley ' , v. dēop , dalr .