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Wind Yeats

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirkby Lonsdale

Historical Forms

  • Wind(e)zates, Wynd(e)zates 1451,1461 CockersRent
  • Wind(e)yates 1537 1571–1641 Kendii,286–7,314,353
  • Wind(e)yeate 1566 FF
  • Wind(e) Yeats 1651 FF
  • Wenyeth 1664 Kendii,235

Etymology

Wind Yeats, Wind (e )zates , Wynd (e )zates 1451, 1461 CockersRent, Wind (e )yates 1537 ib, 1571–1641 Kend ii, 286–7, 314, 353 (freq ), Wind (e )yeate 1566FF , Wind (e ) Yeats 1651FF , Wenyeth 1664 Kend ii, 235. v. wind-geat 'a wind- swept gap or pass'. The 'gap' is a neck of lower land between the two hills of Hutton Roof Crags and Newbiggin Crags.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site