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.

Spring Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Distington

Historical Forms

  • le Keldlandes, le Keldland, le Keldhows c.1270–1392 StB

Etymology

But the whole land is full of springs; cf.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement