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.

Whinhowe

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Etymology

, 1836KCR , ' furze hill ' , v. hvin , haugr , cf. Whinfell(supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name