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Chamber's Tenement

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Chamber tenement 1825 Glebe
  • Camera 1288 Kendi,135
  • del Chambre 1376 ib
  • Chambyr, Chamber 1491 1595 PR(K)

Etymology

, Chamber tenement 1825Glebe , named from the well-known Chambers family of Helsington (John de Camera 1288 Kendi, 135, John del Chambre 1376 ib 146, Chambyr , Chamber 1491 ib 150,1595 PR(K) 257, etc. , cf. also Chamb ) cf. Fisher's Tenement (i,104supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement