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.

Long Meg and her Daughters

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Salkeld

Historical Forms

  • with hir daughters…long meg 1601 CWxi
  • Long Megge and her Daughters 1610 Speed
  • Long Meg and her daughters 1750 Pococke

Etymology

Professor Jackson reminds us that local legend represents them as mother and daughters turned to stone for dancing on Sunday.

Places in the same Parish