Tom Winder's Loom
Other OS name in the Parish of Askham
Etymology
, 1859OS , doubtless named from one of the two Thomas Winders whose births are recorded in 1788 PR 189 and 1808 ib 218 , or , according to a note in 1859OS , from an insane man who committed suicide here ; this is the name of a small back - water of the Lowther , and loom is therefore from lum(m) ' pool ' , as in Andrew's Loom (ii, 184supra ) .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Haber Hill & Tarn
- Heltondale Beck
- Heltonhead
- Howe Gill
- Howe Hill, High Howe Hill
- Jeanie Brewster's Well
- Keldron Spring
- Kettle Crag
- Knotts
- Loadpot Hill & Hole
- Lowclose
- Lund's Wood
- Mally's Well
- Wartches
- Whitestone Moor
- Wofa Holes
- Wood Hill
- Heining Wood
- Nesgilhow Beck
- White Raise
- Annas Sike
- Askham Bridge, Hall, & Fell
- The Castle
- Cop Stone
- Crackhill Nook
- Crookwath Bridge
- Dale Hause
- Dewpot Holes
- The Dod
- Don Bottom
- Dub Hill
- Gillriggs
- Mark's Well
- Outgang Fm
- Potlands Gate
- Pulpit Holes
- Riddingleys Top
- The Riggs
- St Peter's Church
- Scalegate, Scalegill Wood, Scales
- Skirsgill Hill
- Standing Stones
- Tarn Moor
- Threepow Raise
- Hag Stones
- Millkeld Sike
- Whitbysteads