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.

Town End, Town Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Grasmere

Historical Forms

  • Grasmere Townend 1727 Kendiii,172

Etymology

( 1787 ClarkeM , Grasmere Townend 1727 Kend iii, 172 ) ( 1706 Ct , 1787ClarkeM ) , v. tūn ( ME  toun ' village ' ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name