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.

Cumrenton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Irthington

Etymology

Cf. Cumrintinge wood ib., Cumrenton Parke 1603 Gilsland. This is no doubt an old inversion compound (v. Introduction) containing British *cumbā , 'valley, combe' (Welsh  cwm ). The forms are too late for any interpretation of the second element.