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Survey of English Place-Names

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Seat Robert

Other OS name in the Parish of Shap

Etymology

, 1859OS , an inversion compound of sǽti ' seat ' ( cf. Hugh Seat ii, 12supra ) and ME  Robert ; it describes a hilltop outcrop of rock .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement