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.

Featherlake

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockland

Historical Forms

  • Featherlake or Lr Brimpit 1844 TA

Etymology

, Featherlake or Lr Brimpit 1844TA , cf. Featherlake Turbary ib , v. lacu , turbary , Lr Brimpitsupra ; the meaning of the first el . is uncertain , but feather may have its literal sense here .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement