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.

Cumberland

Volume edited by : A. M. Armstrong, Allen Mawer, & F. M. Stenton, Bruce Dickins 1950-52

Historical Forms

  • Cumbra land 945 ASC c.960
  • to Cumer lande 1000 ASC 1121
  • to Cumber lande 1000 ASC late11th
  • Cumber landa t.Hy1 Ch 1307 P 1166 Cur 1201 Pipe 1222
  • Cumber land c.1150 RegDun
  • Cumbrelanda t.Hy1 Ch 1307
  • Cumbrelant c.1150 SD
  • Cumbreland' 1191 P 1459 StBA
  • comitatu Cumbrie 1230 Cl 1407 FA
  • Cumbria 1231 Cl
  • Combrelande t.Hy3 RBE
  • Comberland(e) 1522 CWxx 1537 LP 1580 Border

Etymology

'Land of the Cymry (the Welsh).'