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.

Castlesteads

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Etymology

, 1793 West 182 , ' site of a fort ' , v. castel , stede , here referring to the remains of an earthwork fort on the Helm ( cf. RCHM 181–2 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name