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Bracken Fold

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Bracken fauld 1836 KCR
  • Broken c.1540 Kendi,227
  • Bracken 1669 ib

Etymology

, Bracken fauld 1836KCR , v. fald 'fold, enclosure'; sincethis el. is often combined with surnames, the first el. may well bethat of a local family of Bracken (Richard and Thomas Broken c. 1540Kend i, 227, Edmond Bracken 1669 ib 230 , all of Whinfell ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name