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.

Whelpside

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Welpsatt 1154–89 Kendi,222
  • Welpeseyt 1255–72 ib
  • Whelpesete 1292 Ass4
  • Welpside 1823 M

Etymology

, 1836KCR , Welpsatt 1154–89 Kend i, 222, Welpeseyt 1255–72 ib, Whelpesete 1292Ass 4(p),Welpside 1823 M , ' cub shieling ' , v. hwelp(hvelpr) , sǽtr , cf. Whelprigg (i, 25supra ) , Whelpside (ii, 106infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement