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.

Woundale

Other OS name in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • Woundall, Woundell, Woundale 1560 Kendii,51 1591 Dep 1787 Clarke
  • -head 1614 Wndm
  • -Fells 1649 ParlSurv
  • -Beck 1865 OS

Etymology

[ ˈwu:ndəl ] , , Woundall , Woundell , Woundale 1560 Kendii, 51, 1591Dep , 1787 Clarke, (-head ) 1614 Wndm, (-Fells ) 1649ParlSurv , (-Beck ) 1865 OS .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name