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Survey of English Place-Names

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Lane Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Crosby Ravensworth

Historical Forms

  • Lanehead(e) 1631,1714 PR
  • La(i)neing-head 1681,1712 ib
  • the upper end of Crosbie Loneing 1614 ib
  • ye Laneing 1638 ib

Etymology

, Lanehead (e )1631, 1714 PR, La (i )neing-head 1681,1712 ib, the upper end of Crosbie Loneing 1614 ib, ye Laneing 1638 ib , v. lane , laning , hēafod .