English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Whelpside

Other OS name in the Parish of Appleby St Michael

Historical Forms

  • Whelpsate 1292 Ass11d

Etymology

, 1721 PR(CR) , Whelpsate 1292Ass 11d , ' shieling frequented by cubs ' , v. hwelp(hvelpr) , sǽtr , cf. Whelprigg , Whelpside ( i , 25 , 143 supra ) .