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.

Seatoller

Early-attested site in the Parish of Borrowdale

Historical Forms

  • Settaller 1563 PR(Crosth)
  • Seitaller, Seataller 1566 ib
  • Seatallor fell 1777 NB

Etymology

The forms are late, but suggest that the name is an inversion compound consisting of sætr and alor , 'alder-tree.'