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Survey of English Place-Names

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Borrowdale Head & Moss

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • caput de Borgherdala 1175 Kendi,388
  • Boroudale Hedde 1539 ib

Etymology

( 1609 Comm , caput de Borgherdala 1175 Kend i, 388, Boroudale Hedde 1539 ib 235 ) ( 1836KCR ) , v. Borrowdale (supra ) , hēafod ' head of a valley ' , mos ' bog ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement