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.

Egremont Castle

Other OS name in the Parish of Egremont

Historical Forms

  • castellum de Egremundia c.1125 CWxiv 15th
  • castellum…de Acrimonte c.1205 CW(OS)i
  • castrum de Egermundia early14th StMaryY

Etymology

is castellum de Egremundia c. 1125 (15th) CW xiv, castellumde Acrimonte c. 1205CW (OS) i, facs., castrum de Egermundia early 14th StMaryY .