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Settle Earth

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Etymology

, probably from setl ' seat ' , used of ' a lofty place ' ( here a craggy moorland at the end of Goat Scar ) and eorðe in the sense ' fox's earth ' , as it is a place where foxes go to earth when hunted .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name