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.

Bells

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Historical Forms

  • pasture called Bells 1581 BdyR
  • the Bells 1720 BdyR(M.13)

Etymology

, pasture called Bells 1581BdyR , the Bells 1720BdyR (M. 13) , probably the surname Bell , but cf. GreatBell (infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site