Place Name The name Wenvoe is the Anglicised form of the Welsh name Gwenfô (thought to mean fair) that was…
Place Name Bowness originally Bulnes is a town in Cumbria. The name means the headland where the bull grazes, from…
Place Name Brant is a wood in Cumbria which gets its name from an old Norse word meaning steep wooded area.…
Place Name Named after the Cumbrian town whose own name is derived from the Old Norse name Arni and sætr…
Place Name Named after the Cumbrian town whose name is derived from the Old Norse Á-mel-sǽtr which literally translates as…
Place Name Coniston was called Coningestonin the 12thCentury, a name derived from konungr, the Old Norse for king, and tūn…
Place Name Oakwood is an imposing Victorian house built in 1861, standing in its own grounds, 10 miles outside of…
Place Name Keswick comes from the Old English, meaning farm where cheese is made, the word deriving from cēse (cheese)…
Place Name Risedale is a ward of Barrow-in-Furness. W H Wedlock Ltd, the developers of the Barnehurst estate was established…
Place Name The name Windermere is thought to translate as Vinandr’s Lake, from the Old Norse name, Vinandr and the…