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.

Common Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • Comune, Common 1558,1560,1574 Kendii,76,83

Etymology

, named from the local family of Comune , Common (1558, 1560, 1574Kend ii, 76, 83) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name