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.

Biglands

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Bigland(s) 1836 KCR

Etymology

, Bigland (s )1836KCR , ' barley lands ' , v. bygg , land ' strip of thecommon field ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name