A dale is a valley , especially an open, gently-sloping ground between low hills with a stream flowing through it. It is used most frequently in the North of England and the Southern Uplands of Scotland ; the term " fell " commonly refers to mountains or hills that flank a dale. As with many other words, dale was preserved by Viking influence in Northern England .
8-594: Bilsdale is a dale in the western part of the North York Moors in North Yorkshire , England. The head of the dale is at Hasty Bank, and the dale extends 10 miles (16 km) south to meet Rye Dale near Hawnby . The dale is the valley of the River Seph , formed where Raisdale Beck joins Bilsdale Beck at the small village of Chop Gate in the north of the dale. The river flows south to meet
16-426: A common Indo-European affinity. Vale and thalweg are also related. The following are several examples of major dales that have the name dale. The river name is usually appended with "-dale". There are also many smaller dales; this is not an exhaustive list (see dale (place name element) for more). The name Wuppertal ( North Rhine-Westphalia ) is similar in form. Dale (place name element) A dale
24-595: A separate township of Helmsley parish, known as Laskill Pasture. At the Dissolution both Bilsdale Kirkham and Bilsdale Rievaulx were granted to Thomas Manners, Earl of Rutland . His successors sold the estate in 1687 to the Duncombe family . In the 19th century jet was extensively mined in the dale. The townships of Bilsdale Westside, Bilsdale Midcable and Laskill Pasture became separate civil parishes in 1866. Bilsdale Westside and Laskill Pasture became part of
32-534: Is currency unit dollar , stemming from German thaler or daler , short for joachimsthaler coins manufactured in the town of Joachimsthal in Bohemia. The word is perhaps related to Welsh dol (meadow, pasture, valley), Russian dol (valley, reverse side) and Serbian/Croatian/Bulgarian/Russian dolina (basin, doline is a geological term for certain surface depressions in karst areas). The uses are semantic equivalents to many words and phrases, suggesting
40-555: The Old English word dæl , from which the word " dell " also derived. It is related to Old Norse word dalr (and the modern Icelandic word dalur , etc.), which may have influenced its survival in northern England. The Germanic origin is assumed to be * dala- . Dal- in various combinations is common in placenames in Norway. Modern English valley and French vallée are claimed to be related to dale. A distant relative of dale
48-510: The 12th century the northern part of the dale was granted to Kirkham Priory , and the southern part to Rievaulx Abbey . Bilsdale Rievaulx was itself divided by the River Seph. The part to the west of the river became the township of Bilsdale Westside in the parish of Hawnby. The part to the east became part of the township of Bilsdale Midcable, which also included Bilsdale Kirkham, in the parish of Helmsley . An area above Laskill became
56-461: The River Rye at Seph Mouth. The dale is divided between two civil parishes and districts . The upper part of the dale comprises the civil parish of Bilsdale Midcable in the district of Hambleton . The lower part of the dale is in the civil parish of Hawnby in the district of Ryedale . The place-name is derived from an Old Norse personal name Bildr , and so means "Bildr's valley". In
64-574: The new Ryedale District in 1974, and were subsequently absorbed into the civil parish of Hawnby. The main settlements in the dale are Chop Gate , Fangdale Beck and the ancient hamlet of Urra. In 1969, Bilsdale transmitting station was erected above the dale on Bilsdale West Moor. 54°19′52″N 1°07′19″W / 54.331°N 1.122°W / 54.331; -1.122 Dale (landform) It appears in various contexts, such as up hill and down dale "over every hill and dale", and "up all hills, down all dales . The word dale comes from
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