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Survey of English Place-Names

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Kettlepot Bog & Ghyll

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Historical Forms

  • Kettle Pot 1823 M
  • Kettle Gill 1859 OS

Etymology

, Kettle Pot 1823 M, Kettle Gill 1859OS , an old coal - pit , probably so called from a resemblance to a kettle or cauldron , v. cetel , ketill , potte , cf. Cauldron Quarry (i, 166supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site