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.

Stanwix

Parish in the County of Cumberland

Etymology

Part of Stanwix was transferred to Wetheral (infra 160), and part of Crosby-on- Eden (supra 76) added to Stanwix, in 1934.

Major Settlements