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Survey of English Place-Names

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Holeslack

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Whole Slack 1738 Rent

Etymology

, 1675Rent , 1737 WilsonL , Whole Slack 1738Rent , v. hol 2 , slakki ' hollow ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name