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Survey of English Place-Names

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Calgarth Park

Early-attested site in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • Calgarth park 1365 Pat 1437,1446 Cl 1626 Dep
  • Galgarth 1438 Pat
  • le Calvegarth 1376 Ipm
  • Calf(e)garth 1437 Kendi,44 1446 Pat 1472 Kendi,50
  • Calf(e)garth 1451 Fine

Etymology

'a park of Calf (e )garth ' 1437 Kend i, 44, 1446 Pat, 1472 Kend i, 50, ('the king's close of Calf (e )garth ') 1451 Fine

Named from Calgarth Hall (i, 194infra ), v. park .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name