> It seems common field names in 'dial' (Dial Croft, Dial Field) haven't yet received a definite explanation.
Well, up to a point - there was some previous correspondence about this. The di3el etymology is had to square with names like Dial Bank and Dial Post Meadow (H.D.G. Foxall, Shropshire Field-Names (Shropshire Arch. Soc., 1980) p55, or Sun Dial field 1802 (Ewell Enclosure Map 1802 plot 123). The usual explanation is dial field = field with a (turf) dial in it. What's not to like about that?
Jeremy Harte
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From: The English Place-Name List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Keith Briggs
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Subject: Re: Dial Field
> It seems common field names in 'dial' (Dial Croft, Dial Field) haven't yet received a definite explanation.
Why not ME di3el 'hidden, secluded'? (Cf. The Owl and the Nightingale, line 2: "In one swițe dyele hale".)
On the Nomina cover, Dyall Close is hidden behind Mannor house.
Keith
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