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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cat Bield

Other OS name in the Parish of Grasmere

Etymology

, 1847 CW xxviii , ' cat-haunted shelter ' , v. catt , ME  belde ' shelter ' ; the latter is sometimes used locally of a natural shelter of rocks , under which an animal could get .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name