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.

Ness

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pickhill

Historical Forms

Nes 1158–66 YCh

Ness(e) 1399 YI

Etymology

Ness is a tongue of land near the river Swale. v. næss .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement