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.

Grange

Early-attested site in the Parish of Borrowdale

Historical Forms

  • grangia nostra de Boroudale 1396 Furness
  • The Grange 1576 S
  • Grange-in-Borrodell 1669 PR(Crosth)
  • Grainge-Cragg 1789 Clarke

Etymology

A grange of the monks of Furness.