Dale (place name element)
A dale is a valley. It was commonly used in northern England and Scotland to denote an open valley as a dale,[1] contrasted with a gill or narrow valley.
List of places
Places where dale is part of the name, but not the entire common name:
United Kingdom
England
- Ainsdale, Merseyside
- Allendale, Northumberland
- Allerdale, Cumbria
- Birkdale, Merseyside
- Coalbrookdale, Shropshire
- Derbyshire Dales
- Eskdale, Cumbria
- Lonsdale, Lancashire and Cumbria
- Redesdale, Northumberland
- Rochdale, Greater Manchester
- Rossendale, Lancashire
- Skelmersdale, Lancashire
- Yorkshire Dales
Scotland
- Achrimsdale
- Allandale
- Allasdale
- Armadale, Skye
- Armadale, Sutherland
- Annandale (disambiguation)
- Arnisdale
- Attadale
- Bernisdale
- Berriedale
- Borrodale
- Bracadale
- Carradale
- Cleadale
- Clydesdale
- Cromdale
- Eorodale
- Eskdale
- Galmisdale
- Glenborrodale
- Glendale
- Grigadale
- Helmsdale
- Lauderdale
- Laxdale
- Liddesdale
- Moffatdale
- Nithsdale, Scotland
- North Erradale
- Sordale
- South Erradale
- Spinningdale
- Strath Halladale
- Suladale
- Swordale
- Talladale
- Teviotdale
- Torrisdale
- Tweeddale
- West Helmsdale
- Westerdale, Highland
- Weydale
United States
- Allendale, Michigan
- Allendale, New Jersey
- Annandale, Virginia
- Avondale (disambiguation)
- Bardsdale, California
- Bluffdale, Utah
- Brooktondale, New York
- Carbondale, Illinois
- Cooperdale, Ohio
- Dale City, Virginia
- Farmingdale, New York
- Faunsdale, Alabama
- Forestdale (disambiguation)
- Fultondale, Alabama
- Gardendale (disambiguation)
- Glendale (disambiguation)
- Hartsdale, New York
- Hillsdale, New Jersey
- Hillsdale, Portland, Oregon
- Hinsdale, Illinois
- Irondale (disambiguation)
- Knightdale, North Carolina
- Lauderdale (disambiguation)
- Lindale, Texas
- Mountaindale, Oregon
- North Grosvenordale, Connecticut
- Oakdale, New York
- Oildale, California
- Palmdale (disambiguation)
- Parkdale (disambiguation)
- Parksdale, California
- Pinedale (disambiguation)
- Pleasant Dale, Nebraska
- Riverdale, New York
- Robertsdale, Alabama
- Robbinsdale, Minnesota
- Rockdale, Texas
- Rosedale, New York
- Rosendale, New York
- Roslindale, Massachusetts
- Scarsdale, New York
- Scottdale, Georgia
- Scottdale, Pennsylvania
- Scottsdale, Arizona
- Silverdale, Pennsylvania
- Summerdale (disambiguation)
- Thorndale, Pennsylvania
- Urbandale, Iowa
- Weirsdale, Florida
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Multiple regions
See also
References
- ↑ Morris, R. W. (1982). Yorkshire through place names. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 106. ISBN 0715382306.
- 1 2 3 Smith, A. H. (1962). The Place-Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Part VII. Introduction, Bibliography, River Names, Analyses. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 177. OCLC 912017133.