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.

Castley Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Castlebank 1718 Will
  • Castle(y) bank & hill 1836 KCR

Etymology

, Castlebank 1718 Will, Castle (y ) bank & hill 1836KCR , v. castel , banke , but the first el . may be a surn . from Castley (YW vi, 266) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement