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Survey of English Place-Names

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Aynums Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Yannams (wood) 1836 KCR

Etymology

, 1857OS , Yannams (wood )1836KCR , v. af-nám ' piece of land detachedfrom an estate ' , which sometimes has this or a similar form .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name