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.

High and Low Force

Other OS name in the Parish of Alston

Historical Forms

  • Force 1741 DKRxlii

Etymology

( both 6 ″ ) are Force 1741 DKR xlii . Named from a waterfall on the Nent . v. fors .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement