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Survey of English Place-Names

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Great Whernside, Little Whernside

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirkby Malzeard

Historical Forms

  • Querneside 1214 Abbr 1348 Ch 1609 FF
  • Querinsyde 1307 YI
  • Great, Little Wharnside 1771 M

Etymology

Great Whernside, Little Whernside, Querneside 1214 Abbr, 1348 Ch, 1609 FF, Querinsyde 1307 YI, Great , Little Wharnside 1771 M, two of the high mountains of Yorkshire. 'Hillside where millstones were got', v. cweorn , sīde , cf. Whernside vi, 254infra , Phonol. § 39.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site