Oughterside
Major Settlement in the Parish of Oughterside and Allerby
Historical Forms
- Huctretsat 1258 Netherhall
- Uchtredsete 1260 Rental
- Uctredesate 1278 Ass
- Uchtredesate 1279 ib
- Huttersete 1276 Ass
- Huttressete 1279 ib
- Hugtresate 1278 Ass
- Ugtresat 1292 ib
- Ughtreset 1298 Ipm
- Hughtredsate 1303 ib
- Hugtredsate (al Ugthtresate) ib. (p)
- Uthredsate c.1345 Carliol
- Oughtrasat 1367 Ipm
- Ughtersyde 1491 Ipm
- Oughterside 1570 FF
- Utterside or Oughterside 1578 Cocker
- Owterside t.Eliz ChancP
Etymology
'Ūhtrēd 's sætr.' According to Denton (42), the place takes its name from Uchtred to whom Alan, second lord of Allerdale, had given a carucate of land in Aspatria. Geographically, this identification is possible, but it should not be considered certain, for Uhtred was a common name in 12th-century Cumberland.