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.

Hawesmead

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • le Haws 1487 Kendiii,83

Etymology

, possibly named from le Haws 1487 Kend iii, 83 , v. hals ' neck of land, col ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name