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Survey of English Place-Names

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Spying How

Field in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • 1839 TA 1777 NB

Etymology

Spying How 1777 NB 188(described there as'a heap of stones calledthe Raise, a stone chamber full of bones', probably'look-out hill', cf. SpyCragg i, 176 supra, v. haugr, hreysi'cairn')

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name