English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Lady's Pillar

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Historical Forms

  • Countess's Pillar 1823 M

Etymology

, 1777 M , 1812BdyR (M. 17) , also called Countess 's Pillar 1823 M , a county boundary stone on Hugh Seat , named from Lady Anne Clifford , Countess of Pembroke , as is Countess Pillar inBrougham (ii, 129infra ) ; her initials and the date 1664 are carved on one of the stones ( RCHM 163 ) and Mallerstang was in her estates .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site