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.

Millbeck, Mill Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Lonsdale

Historical Forms

  • Millebek 1292 Ass3
  • Milbeck 1675 PR
  • Mil(n)house 1704,1706 PR
  • Medilton 1290–1300 Kendii,401
  • Milnemire(kelde) 1300 ib

Etymology

( Millebek 1292Ass 3, Milbeck 1675 PR ) ( 1823 M , Mil (n )house 1704,1706 PR), named from 'the mill of Medilton ' 1290–1300 Kend ii,401 , v. myln , cf. also Milnebernes 1300 ib 402 ( v. bere-ærn ' barn ' ) , Milnemire (kelde )1300 ib ( v. mȳrr , kelda ' spring ' ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site