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Drybeck

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Lonsdale

Historical Forms

  • Dribec(ke) 1230–40 Cockers 1553 Kendii,285
  • Drybek 1379 ib

Etymology

, Dribec (ke )1230–40 Cockers, 1553 Kend ii, 285, Drybek 1379 ib 302 , ' stream which sometimes ran dry ' , v. drȳge , bekkr , cf. Drybeck(ii, 98infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site