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Survey of English Place-Names

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Caernarvon Castle

Other OS name in the Parish of St John Beckermet

Historical Forms

  • Caernarvon-Castle c.1683 FlemingMem
  • Carnarvon Castle 1690 HMCxxv

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Caernarvon -Castle c. 1683 FlemingMem, Carnarvon Castle 1690 HMC xxv . Presumably an artificial name derived from Caernarvon Castle in Wales . Nothing seems to be known about its history .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name