The story
- Old English · derived fromdryge“dry”
- English todayDroylsden
From Old English dryge (“dry”) + wella (“spring, well”) + denu (“valley”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ9098). Full definition →
From Old English dryge (“dry”) + wella (“spring, well”) + denu (“valley”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.