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Pepperhag Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Pepper Hag 1695 Kendiii,141

Etymology

, Pepper Hag 1695Kend iii, 141 , the surn . Pepper ( Reaney 247 ) , which probably occurs also in Pepper field (i, 107supra ) and Pepper Yate (i, 182infra ) , v. hǫgg ' clearing ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement