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Windyhill Plant

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Lonsdale

Historical Forms

  • Wynderth' 1231 CWxxvi,306
  • Winder close 1701 Glebe
  • Winder hill 1848 TA

Etymology

. , Wynderth '(? sic for Wynderch ) 1231 CW xxvi, 306, Winder close 1701Glebe , Winder hill 1848TA , ' wind-swept shieling ' , v. wind , erg , cf. Winder ( ii , 211 infra , Cu 406 , YW vi , 265 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site