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Spindle Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Etymology

, 1723Kend iii, 311 , ' a wood from which spindles were got ' or ' one inwhich spindle-trees grew ' ( the spindle - tree was a shrub which provided wood for spindles for spinning , etc . , cf. NED s.v . ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name