Capon Tree
Other OS name in the Parish of Brampton
Etymology
( 6 ″ ) is so named in 1832(Boothby ) . It is said to be so called because “ as the judges and their retinue could not be properly accommodated with provisions on their road from Newcastle to Carlisle , they took capons with them . … On these they regaled under a large Oak tree ” ( H i , 129 ) . The fact that Capon Tree is not adjacent to a medieval through - road , and the existence of a Capen bush in Caldbeck , make it impossible to accept Hutchinson 's derivation . Up to the present the compound capon - tree has not been found in any context which gives a clue to the meaning .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Brampton Fell
- Brampton Ridge
- Naworth Park
- Aaron's Town
- Back Warren
- Beck Gate
- Bridgend
- Bridgewood Foot
- Bright Riggs
- Catgallows Hill
- Croft Ho
- Crooked Holme
- Crow Hall
- Low Gelt Bridge
- Hagghead Wood
- Hawk Hirst
- Hembles Gate
- Hollin Stone
- Lonning Head
- Middle Farm
- Moot Hall
- New Mills
- Oaky Hills
- Park Barns
- Park Head
- Quarry Beck Wood
- Ridge Ho
- Riggside Plantation
- Rob's Knowe
- Rowbank Wood
- Scarrow Hill
- Scarrowhill Bridge
- Tarn End
- Tenterbank Wood
- Tortie
- Townfoot Fm
- Tree Ho
- Unity
- Warren Ho
- Written Rock of Gelt