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Survey of English Place-Names

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Thatchmoor Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Thackmoor head 1709 Will
  • Thackmer head 1719 ib

Etymology

, 1835KCR , Thackmoor head 1709 Will, Thackmer head 1719 ib , ' moorwhere thatch was got ' , v. þæc , mōr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name