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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bracken Hall

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Bracken Hall als. Raggon Hall 1795 Kendiii,124

Etymology

, 1835KCR , Bracken Hall als. Raggon Hall 1795Kend iii, 124 , brakni , hall , but the first el . may be the surn . Bracken , cf. Bracken Fold (i, 142infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement