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 Common

Other OS name in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • Common 1694 Will 1751 CWliv,156

Etymology

, Common 1694 Will,1751 CW liv, 156 , ME  commun ' common land ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name