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Survey of English Place-Names

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Old High

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Heigh of the Hill 1526 Kendi,227

Etymology

, 1857OS , Heigh of the Hill 1526 Kend i, 227 , v. hēah 2 ' height ' , cf. Lupton High(i, 47supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name