Shundraw
Early-attested site in the Parish of St John's, Castlerigg and Wythburn
Historical Forms
- Shonderhowe 1571 ElizKes
- Shunderhowe 1571 PR(Crosth) 1604 Derwent
- Schonderhawe 1574 ElizKes
- Sonderhowe 1574 ElizKes
- Sunderhow 1591 Derwent
- Shundrowe 1597 Derwent
- Shoulderhowe 1603 PR(Crosth)
- Shannder Howe 1615 PR(Crosth)
Etymology
The forms are too late for certainty, but they suggest that the name may be identical in origin with Shunner Howe (PN NRY 130). If so, it probably represents an ON siónar haugr, 'look-out hill,' as is suggested by Ekwall in DEPN.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Armboth
- Calfhow Pike
- Castlerigg Manor
- Dry Stone Knott
- Dunmail Raise
- Fornside
- Legburthwaite
- Lord's Island
- Naddle
- Setmabanning
- Shoulthwaite
- Smaithwaite
- Sosgill
- Thirlspot
- Ullock Coppice
- Wanthwaite
- Wythburn
Other OS name
- Castlerigg Brow
- Castlerigg Fell
- Shoulthwaite Moss
- Smaithwaite Bridge
- Wythburn Chapel
- Adam's Cross
- Bank
- Barrow Ho
- Beckthorns
- Bell Craggs
- Birkett Bank
- Birkett Mire
- The Bog
- Bramcrag
- High and Low Bridgend
- Bridge Ho
- Broadstones
- Brotto
- Brownbeck
- Brown Rigg
- Buck Castle
- Burns
- The Butts
- Calfclose Bay
- Castle Rock
- Causeway Foot
- Cherrytree
- The City
- Clark's Leap
- Dale Bottom
- Dalehead Hall
- Dodd Crag
- Eddy Grave Stake
- Falcon Crag
- Fieldside
- Fisher Place
- Flour Gill
- Goose Well
- Great How
- Green
- Hill Top
- Hollin Brow
- Hollin Root
- Howgate
- Lady's Rake
- Lowthwaite
- Mire Ho
- Moor
- Moss Dikes
- Nab Crags
- Nest
- Nook
- Pietnest
- Pinfold How
- Raise
- Rakefoot
- Rampsholme Island
- Round Mount
- Row End
- Shaw Bank
- Smithy Ho
- Snipes How
- Stable Hills
- Stanah
- Standing Crag
- Steel End
- Stenkin
- Stenoch
- Sticks Pass
- Stybarrow Dod
- Stybeck
- The Swirls
- Wallow Crag
- Watson's Park
- West Head
- White Pike
- Yewhow Wood
- Yew Tree
- Yew Tree Cottage