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.

Lammerside Castle

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Historical Forms

  • Lambartsete 13 Musg
  • Lambertfet (sic for Lambertset) 1394 Pap
  • Lambertset(e) 1411 Kendi,170 1425,1463 Lanc
  • Lambersed 1406 Fine
  • Lamberset 1413 Lowth(BM96)
  • Lambersate 1429 Musg 1435 Pat
  • Lambreset 1462 NWm
  • Lam(m)erside 1653 FF 1842 TA
  • Lamerstead Castle 1823 M

Etymology

'Lambert's shieling', from the ME  (OG ) pers.n. Lambert and sǽtr. The castle was a 14th-century peel tower, now a ruin (NWm 130–1, RCHM 240).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site