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.

Shepherd Green

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Shepherds green 1836 KCR

Etymology

, Shepherds green 1836KCR , named from some member of the family of Leonard Sheppard or John Sheapherd ( a. 1533, 1669 Kend i, 270, 298 ) , v. grēne 2 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name