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Murton Beck, Crag, Fell, Hall, Herds, & Pike

Other OS name in the Parish of Appleby St Michael

Historical Forms

  • Moreton becke 1577 Harrison
  • Murton beck als. Kirkbeck 1684 BdyR
  • Murton Town Beck 1759 NWm

Etymology

( Moreton becke 1577Harrison, Murton beck als. Kirkbeck 1684BdyR , Murton Town Beck 1759 NWm 82 ) ( 1859OS ) ( 1863 OS ) ( 1777 NB355 ) ( 1859OS ) ( 1671 Fleming ) , v. bekkr , cragge , fjall , hall , pīc 1 ' hill ' ; herds ( here the name of a stretch of moorland with some lines of rocky outcrop and piles of stones ) may be the same as Cu dial . hurd ' hard patch of land in a marsh , land on the edge of a turf moor ' ( cf. EDD s.v. hard §21 ) .