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Survey of English Place-Names

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Sty Head Pass

Other OS name in the Parish of Borrowdale

Historical Forms

  • Edderlanghals, Hederlanghals 1209–10 CWxx
  • Edderlanghalf (sic) 1322 Cl
  • Edderlangtern 1209–10 CWxx
  • Edderlangtirn 1322 Cl

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) was Edderlanghals ,Hederlanghals 1209–10 CW xx, Edderlanghalf (sic)1322 Cl, while thatfor Styhead Tarn was Edderlangtern 1209–10 CW xx, Edderlangtirn 1322 Cl .