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.

Lyulph's Tower

Early-attested site in the Parish of Watermillock

Historical Forms

  • Lyulph's Tower 1783 ClarkeM
  • Lyulph 1801 PR

Etymology

“Built and named by the present Duke of Norfolk” (H i, 435), after Ligulf , the ancestor of the barons of Greystoke.