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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.

Hanging Seal

Other OS name in the Parish of Warcop

Etymology

, 1870BdyR , v. hangende ' overhanging ' , selja ' willow ' ; in 1723Surv it is described as ' a crooked seale where all5 towns meet ' , the towns being the parishes of Stainmore , Hillbeck Musgrave , Warcop , and Lunedale (YN) , at grid 84 – 804223 .