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.

Forge

Other OS name in the Parish of Grasmere

Historical Forms

  • ye Forge 1704 Will

Etymology

, ye Forge 1704 Will , described as ' asmelthouse for iron ' ( ib 23 ) , v. forge .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name