Does anyone know the history of the name HUBBERDALE and if it is related to the family name Hubber.

Thanks

You don't say where Hubberdale is but it sounds Yorkshire and location can have a very big impact on placenames, depending on Celtic, Saxon influences etc.

In Cumbria (actually in old Westmorland) there is a place called Hubbersty and this is said to originate from the personal name Hubert so that maybe a clue.

As the majority of English placenames and surnames developed from around 1066 for the next two hundred years, its always dangerous to say that a family gave their name to a place or that a family took up the name of the place where they lived.

The English Placename Society have printed very detailed references to placenames and if Hubberdale is in one of their volumes, you will find that they give the earliest known reference to the name and will also list variant spellings down the centuries. If you pronounce the variant spellings in the broad local dialect, it's a pretty good indication of what the writer of a particular document heard and what he was trying to interpret. Your local library should have the appropriate volume for the area.

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there was a hubberdale sough in derbyshire if remember right.

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Hubberdale mine is in Derbyshire, just North of Flagg village - I can actually see it out of my window as I'm typing this (search on the mine index, there are some photos of it). As for the history of it, the earliest mentions of it are from the 1660s when the location was referred to as Humble Dale. Through the 18th and early 19th century, it was known as Hubbadale mine. Sine the latter part of the 19th century it's been called Hubberdale.

As for derivation, I'd always guessed it had its root in the Old English name "Hubba" but that's just my take on it.

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Thank you for your replies. I live in New Zealand and was interested to know if there was a link to my family name Hubber. I hope to visit the area while I'm in the UK in September.

Regards

Russell

There's also a place in Yorkshire called Hubberholme, which has a really good pub..... :thumbup:

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