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Tarnbank

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • the ffell called Tarne of Banks 1577 BRK
  • Tarney Bank(s) 1537,1650 Kendi,77,113

Etymology

, 1730 Will , the ffell called Tarne of Banks 1577 BRK, possiblyidentical with Tarney Bank (s )1537, 1650 Kend i, 77, 113 , but difficult to separate from Tarneybank in Killington and Tarn Bank in Underbarrow ( i , 41 , 106 supra ) , v. tjǫrn ( here Skelsmergh Tarn ) , banke .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement