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.

Icornshaw

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Lonsdale

Historical Forms

  • Ycorneschawe 1279 Ass26d
  • Icornschagh 1292 ib
  • Iccornshay 1332 SR
  • Ickorneshow 1710 CtB

Etymology

, Ycorneschawe 1279Ass 26d, Icornschagh 1292 ib 6(p), Iccornshay 1332SR (p), Ickorneshow 1710CtB , ' squirrel copse ' , v. íkorni , sceaga , cf. Ickornshaw(YW vi, 13) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site