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.

Owlands

Early-attested site in the Parish of Marrick

Historical Forms

  • Ulvelundes 13 Marrick103
  • Ullunde 13 Marrick104
  • Ullands 1540 Dugdiv.247

Etymology

v. lundr . The first element is probably the gen. pl. of ON  ulfr 'wolf.' Cf. Sutherland 79supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement