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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.

Spital

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Spittell(e) 1546 Kendiii,116 1587,1595 PR(K)
  • Spit(t)al(l) 1599 NCWills 1692 Dep
  • Spit(t)le 1556 Kendi,90 1557 PR(K) 1606 FF 1777 M

Etymology

Spital, Spittell (e )1546 Kend iii, 116, 1587, 1595 PR(K), Spit (t )al (l )1599 NCWills, 1692Dep , (le , ye ) Spit (t )le 1556 Kend i, 90, 1557 PR(K), 1606FF et freq to 1777 M, described as 'the late dissolved hospital of St. Leonard commonly called the Spittle ' 1601 Kend i, 99. v. spitel 'hospital', a colloquial name of St Leonard's Hospital (supra ). Cf. Spital (i, 37supra ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement