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.

Washber Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Historical Forms

  • Washbar 1628 CtB
  • Short Washber 1684 ManR

Etymology

, Washbar 1628CtB , Short Washber 1684ManR , ' sheep-wash hill ' , v. wæsce , beorg .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site