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.

Lobbs

Other OS name in the Parish of Matterdale

Historical Forms

  • Lobwath 1787 ClarkeM

Etymology

is so named in 1750 (PR,Greystoke) . It is by Lobwath 1787 ClarkeM . v. vað .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement