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Survey of English Place-Names

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High & Low Pike

Other OS name in the Parish of Grasmere

Historical Forms

  • the Hey Pyke, the Lawe Pyke 16 Kendii,8
  • Lawe Peicke 1581 Dep
  • the high pike of Rydall, the low pike of Rydall 1614 Wndm

Etymology

, 1655RydalAcct 2 , the Hey Pyke , the Lawe Pyke 16 Kend ii, 8,Lawe Peicke 1581Dep , the high pike of Rydall , the low pike of Rydall 1614 Wndm300 , v. hēah 1 , lágr , pīc 1 ' pointed hill ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name