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.

Borrans

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Borrens 1836 KCR
  • le Stanborgham 1190–1210 Cockers

Etymology

, Borrens 1836KCR , possibly to be identifiedwith le Stanborgham 1190–1210 Cockers , v. stān , burgæsn ' cairn,mound ' ; Borrans is near the Roman road ( Road III , i , 20 supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name