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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cold Fell

Other OS name in the Parish of Midgeholme

Historical Forms

  • Caldefell pyke 1589 ExchKR
  • Calfeildpike 1603 Map
  • Calefell 1603 Gilsland

Etymology

is Caldefell pyke 1589ExchKR ,Calfeildpike 1603Map , Calefell 1603 Gilsland . Robinson ( 1709 ) says : “ Coal - Fell … hath its name from the Colliery ; … It supplies Carlisle and the Country near it . ” ' Cold fell , ' v. fiall ( under fell ) .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement