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.

Strands

Other OS name in the Parish of Nether Wasdale

Historical Forms

  • Strand of Irt 1578 Cocker

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Strand of Irt 1578Cocker , v. strand . It is named from its position in relation to the river Irt(supra 17) .