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.

Westhouses

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirkby Malzeard

Historical Forms

  • Westhowses 1607 FF

Etymology

Westhouses, 1577 Holinshed, Westhowses 1607 FF. v. west , hūs , now submerged beneath the reservoir.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site