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Survey of English Place-Names

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Middleshaw

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Mid(d)leshaw(e) 1611,1626,1629 PR(K) 1621 Kendi,195

Etymology

, Mid (d )leshaw (e )1611, 1626, 1629 PR(K), 1621 Kendi, 195 , v. middel , sceaga ' copse ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement