Survey of English Place-Names
A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.
Survey of English place-names
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Other OS name in the Parish of Nether Wasdale
Historical Forms
le Scale
1570
ExchKR
Etymology
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Scale
1570
ExchKR
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Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Bowderdale
Carling Stone
Dropping Crag
Gowder Crag
Lund Bridge
Scoat Fell
Yewbarrow
Other OS name
Gowder Crag
Dore Head
Broad Gap
Browfoot
Brown How
Buckbarrow
Foster Beds
Foulsyke
Galesyke
Gap
Gill
Gray Crag
Greendale
Hanging Stone
Harrow Head
Haycock
How End
Intake Wood
Kidbeck
Kidbeck How
Mill How
Mill Place
Mort
Seatallan
Starholme
Stockdale Head
Strands
Stranmoss Wood
Windsor
Woodhow
Yewtree
Major Settlement
Nether Wasdale