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.

Starholme

Other OS name in the Parish of Nether Wasdale

Historical Forms

  • Sterholme 1570 ExchKR
  • Stare holme 1578 Cocker

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Sterholme 1570ExchKR , Stare holme 1578Cocker . ' Sedgeholmr , ' v. star- .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement