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.

Backstone Beck & Castle

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Etymology

( 1861 OS ) , v. bæc-stān , cf. Bakestones (i, 183supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site