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.

The Nab

Other OS name in the Parish of Shap

Historical Forms

  • (th') Nab 1673,1691 PR

Etymology

, (th ') Nab 1673, 1691 PR , v. nabbi ' peak ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement