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.

Longwell

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Langwell 1612 Kendi,247

Etymology

, 1836KCR , Langwell 1612 Kend i, 247 , ' the long well ' , v. lang , wella .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name