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Survey of English Place-Names

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Spittal Ings

Other OS name in the Parish of Brough

Historical Forms

  • the Spittle on Sta(i)nmore 1577 Harrison 1671 Fleming

Etymology

, 1863 OS , cf. Spittal Syke 1823 , named from The Spittal (YN 305) , hospital ' de Staynmore 1283 YN , the Spittle on Sta (i )nmore 1577 Harrison, 1671 Fleming , a hospital which belonged to Marrick (YN) , v. spitel , eng ' meadow ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name