bTorpenhow/b in Cumbria seems to be derived from Proto- Celtic "tor", Cumbric (and Modern Welsh) "pen" and early Saxon or Danish "hoe". Each element can be translated as "Hill" in modern English thus "Toepenhow" could translate as b....../b I believe it was part of the Hanbury bestate/b, the same Hanbury that funded the Town Hall constructuion. It may even have been Hanbury's residence, I'll have to check on it. However, as I told you before, the river was named on the 1811 map ...
