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Brownthwaite Crag

Other OS name in the Parish of Barton

Historical Forms

  • Burnthwaite rigg 1838 TA

Etymology

, 1859OS , Burnthwaite rigg 1838TA , v. brún 2 ' edge of a hill ' , þveit .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name