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Survey of English Place-Names

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Benson Hall & Knott

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • high & low Benson 1836 KCR
  • Benson 1559,1575,1578 PR(K)

Etymology

( 1707Ct ) , 1857OS , high & low Benson 1836KCR , named from the local Kendal family of Benson (1559,1575, 1578et freq PR(K) 6, 171–2, 188, etc.) , v. hall , knǫttr ' rockyhilltop ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name