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Survey of English Place-Names

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Whirl Howe

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Wharlehowemyer 1577 Dep

Etymology

, 1836KCR , Wharlehowemyer 1577Dep , ' circular mound ' , v. hwerfel , haugr , this being a small tumulus near the Sprint at grid 83 – 485053 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name