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.

High Seat

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Historical Forms

  • High seat(e) 1636 BdyR(M.3,4) 1846 Dd

Etymology

, High seat (e )1636BdyR (M. 3, 4), 1846Dd , the name of a high mountain with an outcrop of rock , v. hēah 1 , sǽti , cf. Hugh Seat(supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site