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 Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • the, le Town(e)house 1597 NCWills 1607 Kendi,193 1836 KCR

Etymology

, the , le Town (e )house 1597NCWills, 1607 Kend i, 193et freq to 1836KCR , v. tūn ( ME  toun ' village ' ) , hūs ; the house is a mile from the village .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name