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Birkett Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Etymology

, 1857OS , named from the family of Richard Birkett of Strickland 1669 Kend i,298 ; the family was very common in Kendal chapelry and gave its name to several We p. ns . and f. ns . , cf. Birkett Wood and Birkhead(i, 188infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name