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Survey of English Place-Names

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Blawith Moss

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • the Blowed mosse 1721 Ct

Etymology

, 1857OS , the Blowed mosse 1721Ct 11 , as this is on the moorland hilltop near Woodside the name probably meant ' dark wood ' ( v. blár , viðr ) , v. mos ' bog ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement