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.

Glashouses

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hesket in the Forest

Historical Forms

  • fishery of Glassous 1406 Fine
  • house called Le Glashous al. Glossous 1442 ib
  • house called Glashous 1475 Pat
  • Glassenhouses 1530 MinAcct 1619 ExchKR
  • Glasshouses 1541 LRMB
  • Glashouses 1677 Rental

Etymology

This is an unusually early example of the compound.