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.

High and Low Wreah

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hensingham

Historical Forms

(del) Wra 1350 Lowther

Wray(e) 1540 MinAcct

High Wrey 1673 CaineCl

Etymology

They lie in the eastern angle of Hensingham parish. v. (v)rá.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Linethwaite

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Hensingham