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.

The Toods

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Todds 1835 KCR

Etymology

, Todds 1835KCR , v. todd probably meaning something like ' bushy mass ' or , like Icel toddi , ' small wood of brushwood ' ; the same name occurs i , 156 infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name