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Survey of English Place-Names

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Haithkeld

Field in the Parish of Stainburn

Historical Forms

  • Haithkeld 1550 Whellan
  • fontem qui vocatur Hothekeld c.1258 StB

Etymology

Haithkeld(fontem qui vocatur Hothekeld c. 1258 StB. This is probably OE  hōd,'shelter,' which hasbeen Scandinavianised, and kelda. For the first element cf. PN ERY 225–6)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement