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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.

Selside Brow

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • the highte of Sailesyde, Salsyde 1578 Comm
  • Salesyd 1580 Dep
  • Saylsyd 1622 ib
  • Sailesyde browe 1633 ib

Etymology

, the highte of Sailesyde , Salsyde 1578Comm , Salesyd 1580Dep , Saylsyd 1622 ib, Sailesyde browe 1633 ib , named from Selside in Shap (ii, 170infra ) , v. brū ' brow of a hill ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement