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Kelker Well

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Lonsdale

Historical Forms

  • Colekelde 1190–1220 Cockers

Etymology

, 1865 OS , perhaps the same spring as Colekelde 1190–1220Cockers , ' cool spring ' , v. cōl 2 , kelda .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site