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.

Bell Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Belle 1220–46 Kendi,355

Etymology

Bell Hill, 1857OS , Belle 1220–46 Kend i, 355. Probably 'bell- shaped hill', from OE  belle 'bell' or ON  bjalli 'round hill' (cf. EPN i, 27); the same el. may occur in Mardale Ill Bell (i, 165infra ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name