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.

Little Fell

Other OS name in the Parish of Warcop

Historical Forms

  • Little fell 1687 BdyR

Etymology

, Little fell 1687BdyR , v. lȳtel , fjall , so called in contrast to MickleFell (YN) , the Bought of Michlefell 1687BdyR ( dial . bought ' sheepfold ' ) .