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.

Steps End

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • Steps 1608 PR
  • Steppe 1617 ib
  • Stepends 1631 ib

Etymology

, Steps 1608 PR, Steppe 1617 ib,Stepends 1631 ib , v. stæpe ' stepping stone ' ; it is by the R . Rawthey , which is now crossed by a foot - bridge .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement