English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Low

Other OS name in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • (the) Low(e) 1535 Kendii,99 1663 CWxx,186
  • (the) Law(e) 1587 Kendii,107 1633,1709 PR

Etymology

, (the ) Low (e )1535 Kend ii, 99,1663 CW xx, 186, (the ) Law (e )1587 Kend ii, 107, 1633, 1709 PR , v. hlāw ' hill ' ; the farm stands below the main ridge on a small hillock near the Gilpin .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site