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.

Garbourn, Garbourn Nook

Other OS name in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • Garburne Pass 1719 Kendiii,153

Etymology

, Garburne Pass 1719 Kend iii, 153 , ' stream in the gore of land ' , v. gāra , burna , the ' gore ' or nook being a triangular projection of land into Kentmere parish ( grid 89 – 436044 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name