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Survey of English Place-Names

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Highheads Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Lonsdale

Historical Forms

  • Hehede 1537 Kendii,350

Etymology

, Hehede 1537 Kend ii, 350 , ' lofty hill ' , v. hēah , hēafod .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site