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.

Borwens

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Borrans (moss) 1836 KCR

Etymology

, 1857OS , Borrans (moss )1836KCR , v. burgæsn ' cairn ' , cf. Borrens (i, 54supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name