Dale (place name element)

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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

See also: List of Yorkshire Dales

Scotland

United States

Australia

New Zealand

Canada

Multiple regions

See also

References

  1. ^ Morris, R. W. (1982). Yorkshire through place names. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 106. ISBN 0715382306.
  2. ^ a b c 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.
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