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.

Glen

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Etymology

, 1836KCR , probably ME  glen ( OIr  glenn ) ' glen ' or possibly ON  *glenna ' open place in a wood, grassy place amongst rocks ' ( cf. NGIndl 51 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name