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.

Woof Crag

Other OS name in the Parish of Shap

Historical Forms

  • Woofe 1705 PR

Etymology

, 1865 OS , named from the family of James Woofe (1705 PR 257) , etc .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement