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.

Waters

Other OS name in the Parish of Shap

Historical Forms

  • (the) Watters 1582 PR 1585 PR(Nth) 1699 PR(Brm)
  • Watter 1699 ib
  • Waters 1593 PR 1738 PR(CR)

Etymology

, (the ) Watters 1582PR, 1585 PR(Nth), 1699 PR(Brm), Watter 1699 ib, Waters 1593PR, 1738 PR(CR) , v. wæter ' water ' ; several streams unite here to form Force Beck .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement