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.

Steps Hall

Other OS name in the Parish of Shap

Etymology

, 1797 PR , 1842TA , v. stæpe ' step ' , denoting stepping stones across the Lowther , by which the hall could be reached from Shap .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement