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Survey of English Place-Names

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Lang Crag

Other OS name in the Parish of Grasmere

Historical Forms

  • Underlang Cragg(e) 1684 CWxxviii
  • Longerag 1706,1707 Ct
  • Lankriggs als. Long crags 1707 PR

Etymology

, Underlang Cragg (e )1684 CW xxviii, Longerag 1706, 1707Ct , Lankriggs als. Long crags 1707 PR , ' the long scar ' , v. lang , cragge .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name