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.

Seats

Other OS name in the Parish of Brough

Etymology

, 1863 OS , cf. Seat pasture 1843TA , v. sǽti ' residence ' , ' seat-shaped outcrop of rock ' or sǽtr ' shieling ' ; topography would perhaps favour the latter .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name