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.

Isthmus Bay and Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Keswick

Historical Forms

Espenese c.1220 Fountains

Etymology

Presumably 'aspen headland,' v. æspe , næss .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Keswick