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Scar Foot

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Etymology

, 1662RateK 6 , 1745 CW xlv, 183 , cf. also Scarrhead 1755 Kend iii, 168 ; it lies at the foot of Underbarrow Scar (infra ) , v. sker , fōt .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name