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Neaum Crag & Hurst

Other OS name in the Parish of Grasmere

Etymology

( 1865 OS ) ; Mr Bruce Thompson has noted in local quarry accounts of 1754 three types of slate called London , Country , and Neam Tom , and small slates are called toms ; Neaum would seem to be the NCy dial . word neam [ ni : əm ] ' uncle ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement