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Survey of English Place-Names

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Brow Head Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • le Browe 1629 Kendi,107
  • North & South brow 1836 KCR

Etymology

, le Browe 1629 Kend i, 107, North & South brow 1836KCR , v. brū ' declivity, brow of a hill ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name