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.

Thorpe Hindles, Hindle Top Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Waltham

Historical Forms

  • Hindale, Hyndale 1467×84 LTD

Etymology

, Hindale , Hyndale 1467 × 84LTD ; prob . ' the monks' valley ' , v. hīwan ( (g)na gen . pl . ) , dalr , presum . a property originally of Leicester Abbey , the source of the 1467 × 84 spellings .