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.

Wolfendale

Other OS name in the Parish of Gisburn

Historical Forms

  • Wolfenden, Wolfendale 17 PRGis

Etymology

, named from or giving name to a local family of Wolfenden , Wolfendale (17 PRGisfreq ) , probably ' she-wolf valley ' , v. wylfen , denu ( replaced by dalr as in Arkendale v, 104supra ) or derived from Wolfenden La 93 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site