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Eel Ark

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Eel ark & hay 1836 KCR

Etymology

, Eel ark & hay 1836KCR , cf. dial . ( Scots ) eel-ark ' a coffer for keeping eels ' ( cf. Elearke Cu 393and note, Middleark ii, 17 infra . NED s.v. ark §5 ) , v. (ge)hæg ' enclosure ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name