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.

Stake

Other OS name in the Parish of Borrowdale

Historical Forms

  • the Stake of Borrowdall 1784 West

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is the Stake of Borrowdall 1784 West . This may be stake , ' columnar rock , ' as in EDD s. v. stake , sb . , 2 .