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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wray Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Wrea 1709 Will
  • Wray 1835 KCR

Etymology

, Wrea 1709 Will, Wray 1835KCR , v. vrá ' nook of land ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name