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Hag Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Appleby St Michael

Etymology

, 1859OS , cf. Thold hagge 1577Musg , Hagg close 1688Hothf , Hagg end 1840TA , v. hǫgg ' clearing ' , dial . hagg ' copse ' ( which is doubtless the common meaning in late p. ns . ) and also ' gap in a crag or cliff ' , ' a soft bog ' , ' firm spot in a bog ' ( cf. EDDand NED s.v. hagg ) .