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Irby Dales

Other OS name in the Parish of Irby upon Humber

Historical Forms

  • the dales 1612,1638,1662,1690 Terrier
  • ye Dales 1671,1674 Terrier
  • the Dales 1697,1706,1724,1762 Terrier
  • Irby Dales 1748 Terrier

Etymology

, the dales 1612, 1638, 1662, 1690Terrier , y e Dales 1671, 1674Terrier , the Dales 1697, 1706, 1724, 1762Terrier , Irby Dales 1748Terrier , v. dalr ' a valley ' in the pl .