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Whirly Lum

Other OS name in the Parish of Appleby St Lawrence

Etymology

, 1859OS , v. lumm ' pool ' , here one in the Eden , where the river swirls round a sharp bend ; the first el . is doubtless ModE  whirly ' rotating ' as in whirly-pool ' an eddy ' ( NED s.v . )