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Survey of English Place-Names

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Kinn Road

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • (le) Kinn 1638 Kendi,200 1668 Dep 1723 Ct

Etymology

, (le ) Kinn 1638 Kend i, 200,1668Dep , 1723Ct 13 , ME  kyne ' fissure ' or ON  kinn ' slope ' and cf. Barkin (i, 24supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement