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Shap Wells

Other OS name in the Parish of Crosby Ravensworth

Historical Forms

  • - Well 1777 NB
  • Shap-spaw 1793 West

Etymology

, 1859OS , - Well 1777 NB 481, Shap-spaw 1793 West , a spring of medicinal water ; the ' spa ' was revived in 1830 (NWm 375) .