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Jingling Cove

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Historical Forms

  • (the) Gingling(e) cove 1652 BdyR(M.4) 1684 Dd
  • -cow 1720 BdyR(M.13)

Etymology

, (the ) Gingling (e ) cove 1652BdyR (M. 4), 1684Dd , -cow 1720BdyR (M. 13) , ME  gingling ' resounding ' , v. cofa ' cove, cave, hollow ' , doubtless so called in allusion to its qualities of resonance , as with Jingling Hole (ii, 17supra ) , Jingle Holes , Jingling Pot ( ii , 77 , 175 infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement