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.

Oldwall

Other OS name in the Parish of Irthington

Historical Forms

  • Oulewale, Ouldwale 1603 Gilsland
  • the Old Wall 1709 CWxxxv

Etymology

is Oulewale , Ouldwale 1603 Gilsland, the Old Wall 1709 CW xxxv , i.e. the Roman Wall .