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Survey of English Place-Names

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Langdale Fell & Pikes

Other OS name in the Parish of Grasmere

Historical Forms

  • the Pikes 1800 DW

Etymology

( 1738Rent 1 , cf. del Fell 1375 Kend ii, 31(p) , Langdale Fells 1777 M ) ( 1787 Clarke , the Pikes 1800 DW ) , v. fjall ' fell ' , pīc 1 ' pointed hill ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement