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Survey of English Place-Names

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Whelpstrother

Early-attested site in the Parish of Grasmere

Historical Forms

  • Whelpstrothe 1375 Kendii,31
  • Whelpstrother 16 ib
  • Whelpstrother in Langdale 1578 ib
  • Quelpstroth 1390–4 ib

Etymology

Whelpstrother (lost), Whelpstrothe 1375 Kend ii, 31, Whelpstrother 16 ib 9, (Whelpstrother in Langdale ) 1578 ib i, 333, Quelpstroth 1390–4 ib ii, 32, cf. also Whelpheth (infra ), v. hwelp 'whelp, cub', strōðer 'place overgrown with brushwood', cf. Whelprigg (i, 25supra ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name