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Survey of English Place-Names

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Tongue Rigg

Other OS name in the Parish of Shap

Etymology

, 1859OS , cf. Tung (e )fel (l )12Crk (Nbn 3),1235FF , v. tunge ' tongue or ridge of land ' , fjall .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement