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Survey of English Place-Names

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Levens Fold

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Levensfold (in Underbarrow) 1722 PR(Cr) 1745 CWxlv,183 1865 OS

Etymology

( lost ) , Levensfold (in Underbarrow )1722 PR(Cr), 1745 CWxlv, 183, 1865 OS , probably a surn . from Levens (i, 190supra ) , v. fald ' fold, enclosure ' ; it was at grid 89 – 474939 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement