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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Wood Fm
Wood Fm
Other OS name in the Parish of Whinfell
Etymology
. Cf.
boscus
de
Whynefel
,
boscus
in
Quinfell
'1292
Ass
.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
Whin Fell
Whinfell Hall
Birk Bank
Brow
Crag End
Cringley Hill
Sandy Beck
Early-attested site
Bank
Toddell
High
Major Settlement
Whinfell