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.

Windy Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • le Wyndhow landes 1540 DRH

Etymology

, 1722Ct 12 , le Wyndhow landes 1540DRH , ' wind-swept hill ' , v. wind , haugr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name