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Survey of English Place-Names

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Fisher ing

Field in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • 1838 TA
  • Fisher inge 1597 Ambls
  • Fishering beck 1787 ClarkeM

Etymology

Fisher ing(Fisher inge 1597, Fishering beck 1787, namedfrom the local family of Fisher, cf. Ambls 93–4, v. eng, bekkr)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name