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Kendal Fell

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Fell 1557–1581 PR(K) 1574,1584 BRK 1738 Rent
  • Kendal Fells 1754 Pococke

Etymology

, 1769 Kend iii, 168 , ( lez , the ) Fell 1557–1581 PR(K)(freq ), 1574, 1584 BRK, 1738Rent , Kendal Fells 1754 Pococke , v. fjall ' hill ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement