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.

Troutbeck

Early-attested site in the Parish of Matterdale

Historical Forms

  • Troutbek 1332 SR

Etymology

Cf. Troutebeck 'mire 1305 For, Troutbekgill 1340GDR .

'Trout stream,' v. truht , bekkr . Cf. Trout Beck supra 29.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement