High Stand
Early-attested site in the Parish of Wetheral
Historical Forms
- (del) heghstand 1272 For
Etymology
This carries this word back some 120 years. There is a similar use of 'high' in Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight vv. 1169–70, with its reference to þe hyʒe …þe loʒe trysteres .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Wetheral Shield
- Little Corby
- Corby Castle
- Corby Woods
- Wragmirebank
- Alby Lodge (Kelly)
- Allenwood
- Beckhouse
- Birkhill
- Bridge End
- Chaple Ho
- Cocklakes
- Coat Ho
- Cotehill
- Duncowfold
- Froddle Crook
- Heads Nook
- Knot Hill
- Low Ho
- Low Wood
- Millbeck Wood
- Mirebank Wood
- Mountpleasant
- Nooks
- Parkhead
- St Cuthbert's Well
- Standingstone
- Stripes
- Turnshaw
- Wallacefield
- Wandales
- Wheelbarrow Hall