Middle Tongue
Early-attested site in the Parish of Threlkeld
Historical Forms
- Scortemiddeltunge c.1260 Fountains
Etymology
So called from its shape. The final element is OE tunge , 'tongue,' in the sense of a tongue-shaped hill or piece of land. Cf. Bleng Tongue in Gosforth infra 395. The other elements are 'short' and 'middle.'
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Threlkeld Bridge
- Threlkeld Hall
- Scales Fell
- Birkettfield
- Blease Fell
- Bridgend
- Doddick
- Gategill
- High Row
- Stoneraise
- Wescoe