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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hause Foot

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Horse house 1675 Ogilby 1727 Defoe

Etymology

, 1777 M , Horse house 1675Ogilby, 1727 Defoe , named from Crook (e )dale hawse , a pass 1671Fleming , 1704 Kend iii, 130 , v. Crookdale Bridge (supra ) , hals ' neckof land, pass ' , referring to the pass over Shap Fells .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement