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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.

Whinfield Ground

Other OS name in the Parish of Ulpha

Historical Forms

  • Whinfeild 1664 ib
  • Whinfell Ground 1710 PR(Millom)

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Whinfeild 1664 ib., Whinfell Ground 1710 PR (Millom) . v. whin .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement