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.

Empson Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Emmeson 1570 PR(K)

Etymology

, 1857OS , named from some member of the family of Myles Emmeson 1570 PR(K) 153 , v. hyll .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name