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Watergap Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Stephen

Historical Forms

  • the Wateryeat(e) skarr(e), -skarr- 1636,1652 BdyR(M.3,4) 1684 Dd
  • (the) Watergate skarre, -scarr 1636,1812 BdyR(M.3,17)

Etymology

, 1859OS , the Wateryeat (e ) skarr (e ),-skarr -1636, 1652BdyR (M. 3, 4), 1684Dd , (the ) Watergate skarre ,-scarr 1636, 1812BdyR (M. 3, 17) , v. wæter , geat ' gate ' , gap , sker ' scar ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site