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.

Lambsceugh

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

Historical Forms

  • Lambscoch 1285 For
  • Le Lamsceugh 1597 LRMB

Etymology

'Lamb wood,' v. skógr .