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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hugh's Cave, Hugh's Laithes Pike

Other OS name in the Parish of Shap

Etymology

, 1859OS , v. hlaða ' barn ' , pīc 1 ' pointed hill ' , said to be named after Hugh Holme , the first of the family to live at Chapel Hill in Mardale ( as Mr Bruce Thompson notes ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement