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Survey of English Place-Names

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Tenterfield

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Etymology

, cf. Tentar Bank 1553 WilsonL , Tenterholme 1641BRK , Tenterground 1836 KCR , ME  tentour ' a tenter , a frame for stretch - ing cloth after its manufacture ' ; in 1582 (BRK 121) the burgesses of Kendal ( an important cloth - making town ) ordered a watch to be kept on the tenters .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name