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.

Pen-y-Ghent Fell, Pen-y-Ghent Gill & Pen-y-Ghent Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Arncliffe

Historical Forms

  • Pennigent Fell 1842 TA
  • Pennigant House 1771 M

Etymology

( Pennigent Fell 1842TA ) ( 1858 O.S. ) ( Pennigant House 1771 M ) , all on the eastern slope of Pen-y-ghent (219infra ) , v. fjall ' mountain ' , gil ' ravine ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site