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Survey of English Place-Names

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Layburn Dike

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Etymology

, 1857OS , named from the numerous local family of Leiburn (e ) , Layburn (e ) ( 1226–1525 Kend i, 356–363 , 1543 RichWill 39,ib 67 , 1558 PR(K) , 1589Comm , etc. , cf. NB 144 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement