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.

Borret

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • Bor(re)head(e) 1608,1623 PR
  • Borrad 1632 ib

Etymology

, Bor (re )head (e )1608, 1623 PR , Borrett 1625 Borrad 1632ib , probably bor ' hill, eminence ' , hēafod .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement