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.

Pen-y-ghent

Early-attested site in the Parish of Horton in Ribblesdale

Historical Forms

  • Penegent 1307 YI
  • Penaygent Ric2 Whit
  • montem voc' Penygent, Penigent 1598 SessnR 1676 YASDd

Etymology

Pen-y-ghent, Penegent 1307 YI, Penaygent Ric 2 Whit 506, montem voc ' Penygent , Penigent 1598 SessnR, 1676YAS Dd 104. The first element is from OWelsh  penn (v. penno- 'hill'), y (def.art.) and an uncertain final defining element. v. Addenda.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement