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Tarn Hill, Tarnside

Other OS name in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • Tarn(e)side 1535 Kendii,97 1669 PR 1629 EnclA 1815
  • del Terne 1374 Kendii,94
  • Tarne 1669 PR

Etymology

, Tarn (e )side 1535 (1669) Kend ii, 97, 1629PRet freq to 1815EnclA , cf. also Tarneyeat 1639 named from del Terne 1374 Kend ii, 94(p), Tarne 1669 PR , v. tjǫrn ' tarn, lake ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site