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Survey of English Place-Names

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Threlkeld Sike

Other OS name in the Parish of Dufton

Historical Forms

  • Threlkeld 1859 OS

Etymology

, Threlkeld 1859OS , v. sīc ' stream ' , named from the local family of Threlkeld ( rectors of Dufton in 1366, 1566 NB 358 ) , whose name is from Threlkeld (Cu 252) .