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Scandal Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Scanny Dale 1723 Kendiii,310
  • Scandle 1836 KCR

Etymology

, Scanny Dale 1723 Kend iii, 310,Scandle 1836KCR , probably of the same origin as Scandale (i, 183infra ) , ' short valley ' , v. skammr , dalr .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name