Knightley Dale
hamlet · Staffordshire
Old EnglishAI-generated
This name refers to a valley associated with a knight, likely meaning 'the knight's valley'. It combines an Old English term for a knight with a word for a valley.
Word origins
- knight
- Old Englisha knight(from cniht "a boy, a servant, a soldier, a knight")
- dale
- Old Norsea valley(from dalr "a valley")
Historical forms
Cnihteleia