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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.

Eskholme

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Lonsdale

Historical Forms

  • Eskeholm(banc) 1280–90 Kendii,401
  • Eskom(e) 1584 CWxxiv,128
  • Eskholme 1594 FF

Etymology

, 1717, 1719 PR(Md) , Eskeholm (banc )1280–90Kend ii, 401, Eskom (e )1584 CW xxiv, 128, Eskholme 1594FF , ' water-meadow growing with ash-trees ' , v. eski , holmr .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site