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Whinny Haw

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Lonsdale

Historical Forms

  • Whinihawe 1627 FF
  • (le) Whinn(e)y Hawe 1627 1635 Kendii,435
  • Whinny How 1777 NB
  • brumam hogam 1190–1220 Cockers

Etymology

, Whinihawe 1627FF , (le ) Whinn (e )y Hawe 1627 ib, 1635 Kend ii, 435,Whinny How 1777 NB 265, 'hill or enclosure overgrown with whinsor gorse', from ME  whinny (v. hvin), haugr or haga; the name wasrendered brumam hogam 1190–1220 Cockers 396 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site