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.
Survey of English place-names
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Kiddams
Kiddams
Other OS name in the Parish of Keswick
Historical Forms
Kidhomess
1571
ElizKes
Etymology
( 6 ″ ) is
Kidhomess
1571 ElizKes .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Brigham
Great Crosthwaite
Derwent Isle
Isthmus Bay and Wood
Lairthwaite
Other OS name
Little Crosthwaite
Bristowe Hall
Browtop
Chestnut Hill
Cockshot Wood
Crow Park
Friar's Crag
Greta Hall
Druid's Circle
The Headlands
The Heads
High Hill
Monk Hall(lost)
Town Cass
Major Settlement
Keswick
