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Survey of English Place-Names

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Capple Rigg

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Capelrigg 1745 CWxlv,183

Etymology

, Capelrigg 1745 CW xlv, 183 , v. kapall ' horse, nag ' , hrycg(hryggr) ; the name occurs elsewhere in We ( i , 132 , ii , 152 infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement