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.

Bearmouth

Other OS name in the Parish of Whitehaven

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is referred to in “ three holes , called Bear Mouths , through which the men and horses go down to the coal works ” 1794 H ( ii , 69 ) .