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.

Snowdon

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Snowden 1836 KCR

Etymology

, 1857OS , Snowden 1836KCR , ' snow hill ' , v. snāw , dūn .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name