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.

Sheepless Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Buttermere

Historical Forms

  • Sheepleys Hill c.1840 TA

Etymology

is Sheepleys Hill c. 1840TA . v. læs , ' pasture . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement