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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wormrigg Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Appleby St Lawrence

Historical Forms

  • Wormrigg 1740 Hothf

Etymology

, Wormrigg 1740Hothf , v. wyrm ' snake ' , hrycg .