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Survey of English Place-Names

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Fell Edge & Side

Other OS name in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • Edge 1535 Kendii,98
  • Fel(l)side, Fel(l)syde 1535 Kendii,98 1584 1738 Rent
  • Crosthwaite Fell(s) 1631 Dep 1754 Pococke

Etymology

( ib1638 PR , Edge 1535 Kend ii, 98 ) ( Fel (l )side ,Fel (l )syde 1535 Kend ii, 98, 1584 ib 105et freq to 1738Rent ), both namedfrom Crosthwaite Fell (s )1631Dep , 1754 Pococke , v. fjall ' hill ' , ecg ' scarp ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site