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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Kemphow

Other OS name in the Parish of Shap

Etymology

, 1578, 1603 PR , the surname Kemp , cf. Kemplee (ii, 143supra ) , v. haugr ' hill ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement